State commissions are seeing more filings: rate cases, requests for pre-approvals, corporate restructurings. Commissions also are instigating proceedings themselves: carbon reduction options, transmission construction, and renewable energy. Staff sizes are dropping due to retirements and hiring freezes[…]

None of the additional facilities that are proposed to address the current shortfall in oil pipeline and rail capacity out of western Canada – pipeline expansions (Enbridge Line 3, TMX), a new pipeline (Keystone XL) and additional rail tanker cars – will be available in the short-term. Optimizing the use of existing capacity has, therefore, become all the more critical[…]

The issue of the locational treatment of transmission line losses has a long history in Alberta. Indeed, when Alberta’s electric system was deregulated in 1995, a key principle for the new, open access transmission system, was that generators would pay charges or receive credits based on the location of supply to ensure maximum efficiency of the system[…]

On August 30, 2018, a panel (the “Panel”) of the Ontario Energy Board (the “OEB”) approved a proposed amalgamation of Enbridge Gas Distribution (“Enbridge”) and Union Gas Limited (“Union Gas”) (together, the “Applicants”), pursuant to s. 43(1) of the Ontario Energy Board Act, (1998)1 (the “Act”)[…]

In early December 2017, the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) released a new edition of Directive 067: Eligibility Requirements for Acquiring and Holding Energy Licences and Approvals (New Directive).1 The New Directive makes several significant changes to the previous version of […]

The final months of 2017 have seen a flurry of activity around the future direction and focus of the Ontario Energy Board (OEB). The Ontario Government has issued its 2017 Long-Term Energy Plan (2017 LTEP)1 setting out plans and priorities […]