INTRODUCTION There is in Canada today considerable public debate and uncertainty regarding both the wisdom and validity of federal laws and regulations that affect oil and gas development. This brief article, which borrows from a longer report prepared for the […]

This comment examines the interim arrangements that the United States and Canada (“the Parties”) have adopted to address the temporal gap (the “Interim Period” between the Agreement-in-Principle[1] (“AiP”) on a “modernized” Columbia River Treaty[2] (“CRT” or “Treaty”) adopted in mid-2024 and the conclusion […]

THE PROBLEM WITH AVERAGE COST-BASED PRICING Bonbright’s principles of public utility rates assumed vertically integrated electricity monopolies and proposed that ratemaking balance the interests of utility capital attraction with those of ratepayers. Bonbright’s approach focused on establishing a reasonable utility […]

Investing to meet the needs of our energy future entails many challenges. Important variables like government policy, consumer preferences, technology adoption, and market volatility resulting from strained U.S. relations impact investment risk for utilities. Uncertainty in capital access, revenue, and […]

INTRODUCTION This article considers the economic regulators’ review of integrated resources planning (IRP) for gas and electric utilities in Canada. The IRP process has typically been conducted by each regulated utility considering only the energy demands of its customers without […]

INTRODUCTION This paper provides a cost-benefit assessment of wind generation in Ontario, Canada for the 2020–2023 period and on a forward-looking basis for the 2027–2030 period. Our work is based on well-established economics literature examining the interaction of wind in […]