Background The recent Ontario Energy Board (OEB) decision regarding displaying the cost of ‘cap and trade’ on customers’ bills has ruffled a few feathers.1 In a decision relating to how bills that contain the new ‘cap and trade’ charges should […]
On 12 May 2017, the Government of Canada introduced Bill C-48, the proposed Oil Tanker Moratorium Act1, in Parliament. This initiative follows up on the launch of the national Oceans Protection Plan in November 2016 and fulfils the Prime Minister’s […]
Overview The Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) of Ontario’s wholesale electricity market is about to initiate a major reform of its market design. This initiative will be the first significant overhaul of Ontario’s wholesale electricity market since it was first […]
Throughout 2016, a number of key developments directly affected Alberta’s power sector. Most of these developments arose in connection with the implementation of the Climate Leadership Plan1 (“Climate Plan”) by the Government of Alberta (the “Province”). The Climate Plan was […]
I. Introduction Any time a manufacturing firm faces rising electric rates, it will evaluate the benefits of relocating to lower cost regions. However, since electricity costs for most firms are a small share of their total costs of doing business, […]
On November 17, 2016, the Ontario Energy Board (the “OEB”) released its Decision with Reasons (the “Decision”) following a generic hearing commend on January 20, 2016 to establish a common framework for the expansion of natural gas service to Ontario […]
Overview 2016 (and the first month of 2017) have provided many important instances in both the courts and before energy regulators of the application and refinement of the principles of administrative law in the context of energy regulation. Given space […]
In an article published in May 20121, we ventured the optimistic opinion that the then recent Supreme Court of Canada decisions in Rio Tinto Alcan Inc v Carrier Sekani Tribal Council2 (“RTA”) and Beckman v Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation3(“Beckman”) […]