Interest in Border Carbon Adjustments (BCAs) is accelerating. The European Union proposed a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) last July,[2] Canada concluded consultations on BCAs last February,[3] the recent US-EU sustainable steel announcement indicates carbon content may be incorporated into […]
INTRODUCTION Offshore renewable energy (“ORE”) sources — offshore wind, tidal and wave energy — have the potential to materially benefit the four provinces of Atlantic Canada.[1] Through project work, clean power exports and the invigoration of offshore supply chains, ORE […]
INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) has a new governance structure, the product of the “Ontario Energy Board Modernization Review Panel” (the “Dicerni Panel“) and the recommendations of its Report (the “Dicerni Report“)[1] enacted by the Fixing the […]
On June 30, 2021, Environment and Climate Change Canada issued a news release announcing that Bill C-12, the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act had received Royal Assent, and had therefore become the law in Canada[…]
The last issue of ERQ included two excellent articles that analyze the use of hydrogen in Canada’s attempt to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The first was titled “Is Hydrogen the Silver Bullet”[1] outlined various government commitments by the Canadian government, the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta, the United States, Europe and the UK[…]
On May 25th, 2021, British Columbia amended its Greenhouse Gas Reduction Regulation (made under BC’s Clean Energy Act) to authorize regulated gas utilities to produce, purchase and distribute specified types of hydrogen (the “Amendments”)[…]