As has been observed before in Energy Regulation Quarterly, developments resulting from technological innovation in energy production and distribution raise important policy/regulatory issues.[…]

Perhaps the word that best describes the current Canadian energy regulation landscape is “challenged”. The issues facing energy policy-makers and regulators are profound, described by many as “existential”[…]

None of the additional facilities that are proposed to address the current shortfall in oil pipeline and rail capacity out of western Canada – pipeline expansions (Enbridge Line 3, TMX), a new pipeline (Keystone XL) and additional rail tanker cars – will be available in the short-term. Optimizing the use of existing capacity has, therefore, become all the more critical[…]

Restructuring of the Alberta electrical power market, which began in the late 1990s, continues to evolve. In the lead article in this issue of Energy Regulation Quarterly, “A Tale of Two Market Designs: What’s New in Alberta”, Bob Heggie discusses the current initiative to reshape the role of market forces in the wholesale electricity market through the introduction of an administered capacity market, while the Alberta Utilities Commission is examining whether and how market forces can be brought to bear in the, traditionally monopolistic, distribution infrastructure function[…]

As this issue of Energy Regulation Quarterly goes to press, the political and regulatory framework governing federal pipelines is in turmoil, resulting directly from the late-August decision of the Federal Court of Appeal quashing approval of the proposed expansion of the Trans Mountain Pipeline (TMX)[…]

In late July, 2018 Equinor Canada Ltd. (formerly Statoil Canada Ltd.) and the Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador announced a framework agreement for the potential development of the Bay du Nord oil discovery located approximately 270 nautical miles (500 kilometres) offshore[…]