Those in the international arbitration and energy spaces have had the benefit of topical education in energy arbitration law since 2014 through the Global Arbitration Review’s The Guide to Energy Arbitrations[…]

The purpose of the University of Ottawa’s Positive Energy initiative is to use “the convening power of the university to bring together academic researchers and senior decision-makers from industry, government, indigenous communities, local communities and environmental organizations to determine how to strengthen public confidence in energy decision-making.”[…]

The public only pays attention to the grid when the power goes out or when a new transmission line threatens to run too close to their house or to obscure the visibility of a landmark. The public expects that when […]

BREAKDOWN: The Pipeline Debate and the Threat to Canada’s Future is Dennis McConaghy’s sequel to his 2017 DYSFUNCTION: Canada after Keystone XL, which chronicled the saga of the Keystone XL project and its ultimate rejection in November 2015 by President […]

Ensuring that the lights stay on and Canadian businesses can operate 24/7 is an essential public good provided by the country’s electricity sector. However, as with other sectors, electric utilities must innovate to meet the requirements of the modern age[…]

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)[…]