INTRODUCTION Climate change policies around the world have had a significant impact on energy regulation. This article considers the first three Canadian cases that have struggled with the impact of the energy transition on stranded assets. It also deals with […]
On December 20, 2023, Canada published final regulations amending the Passenger Automobile and Light Truck Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards that will require 100 per cent of new passenger cars and light trucks (light-duty vehicles, “LDVs”) sold from 2035 to be […]
EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION Today the cost of climate change damage and the energy transition investment necessary to reduce carbon dominates the decisions of most Canadian energy regulators. In Alberta, there is an additional problem that faces regulators. The provincial economy is […]
On October 13, the Supreme Court of Canada released its opinion in IAA Reference.[2] Writing for a 5:2 majority (Justices Mahmud Jamal and Andromache Karakatsanis dissenting), Chief Justice Richard Wagner held that what is known as the “designated project” (or […]
The majority opinion in the IAA Reference concludes that the federal government has arrogated to itself decision-making powers that properly belong to provincial governments; powers, that is, with respect to resource projects and other works and undertakings located entirely within […]
EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION In the last issue of the ERQ[2] we published an article by Neil Campbell and his colleagues at the McMillan law firm dealing with the new carbon regulations that the European Union implemented in August 2023. Those reporting […]
Canada’s federal government has proposed a range of policies over the past few years designed to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Among them are the refundable investment tax credits (ITCs) in Budget 2022, designed to increase carbon capture and storage […]
This article is written in response to an article by Professor Meredith Fowlie in the Energy Regulation Quarterly.[1] She is one of the original proponents of a new rate design proposal that embodies an income-graduated fixed charge (IGFC). Fowlie’s article […]