Arbitration is the common dispute resolution procedure in the energy industry. The reasons differ depending on whether it is the upstream sector or the downstream sector. Most of the writing about energy arbitration relates to the upstream sector, which is […]

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 […]

Energy issues continue to play a central role in Canadian public discourse, shaped by the fluid interaction of evolving public expectations, technological developments, changing markets, public policy and politics. The articles in this issue of Energy Regulation Quarterly address particular […]

2014 was a tumultuous year for the energy industry in Canada. The year saw the continued growth of high cost renewables, the collapse of oil prices, and a sudden increase in the number of crude by rail shipments. It was […]

Controversy and complexity continue to increase around the current political and legal environment for energy regulation. This is well reflected in the several Comments in Issue #4 of Energy Regulation Quarterly, particularly those relating to the prevalent themes of aboriginal […]

It’s not every day that a decision of a Canadian energy regulator goes to the Supreme Court of Canada. It is even rarer when two go together from different provinces on essentially the same issue. The issue in these cases […]