On April 30, 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada granted leave to appeal to Jessica Ernst in her ongoing claim against the Energy Resources Conservation Board (predecessor to the Alberta Energy Regulator) (the “Board”) and others relating to the damages […]
Two cases decided by the Supreme Court on September 25th, 2015 paved the way for utility regulators to address utility costs without fear of formalism […]
In today’s world it is rare that a public utility gets any good news. Recently the Alberta Court of Appeal ruled that the cost of stranded assets is for the account of the shareholder not the ratepayer1 confirming three earlier […]
On September 3, 2015, British Columbia’s Environmental Appeal Board (“EAB”) issued a precedent-setting decision (the “Decision”) granting an appeal brought on behalf of the members of the Fort Nelson First Nations […]
The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (UARB) concluded the $93 million investment of Nova Scotia Power Incorporated (NSPI) in a wind power project called South Canoe was a capital expenditure that should be included in NSPI’s rate base.1 South […]
The construction of new pipelines, and the expansion, reversal or re-purposing of existing pipelines have always attracted controversy in Canada and the almost inevitable applications for judicial review or appeal. Consider, for example, the efforts to license the Makenzie Natural […]
The past year saw noteworthy developments around the regulation of mergers and acquisitions in the electricity sector in both Ontario and Alberta. The energy regulators of those provinces each considered the approval of significant acquisitions of utilities within their respective […]