Across Canada, provincial governments, either directly or through purchasing organizations or government-owned utilities, have been aggressively purchasing wind generation over the last five years. What happens when the government changes its mind and cancels the project? That situation recently faced […]
FortisBC is the dominant natural gas service provider in British Columbia, serving nearly a million customers in over 135 communities in the province. It is a public utility regulated by the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC), under the Utilities Commission Act […]
The Ontario Energy Board’s (OEB) 2011 decision1 denying Toronto Hydro Electric System Limited’s (Toronto Hydro) request for $600,000 to fund an electric vehicle (EV) pilot project raises the interesting issue of where energy regulators should draw the line between competitive […]
The theme for this issue of Energy Regulation Quarterly is the impact of new technology on the regulatory process. If ever there was a case that featured this issue, it’s the March decision of the National Energy Board on TransCanada’s application to revise the toll structure of its mainline pipeline […]