Indigenous Peoples’ Ownership of Energy Projects1
Federal and provincial governments are required to consult with and accommodate Indigenous peoples whose rights may be affected by proposed energy projects.
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The Managing Editors gratefully acknowledge the contribution of Bennett Jones in the production of this Issue of Energy Regulation Quarterly.
Editorials
EDITORIAL
Canada may soon receive the worldwide prize for being the most difficult jurisdiction to build energy projects in. This is particularly the case with pipelines. In the last five years, investors have walked from four major projects. In total they accounted for over $50 billion in investment.
Reports
Capitalizing the Cloud: The Regulatory Challenges
The last time the Editors of the ERQ published an Editors Introduction was a year ago when we published a study prepared by two law firms, one in Canada and one in the United States that examined the regulatory challenges that were preventing the timely introduction of electricity storage technology into the electricity grid.
Articles
Distributed Energy Resource Development in Ontario: A Socio-Technical Transition in Progress?
Introduction Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) are drawing the attention of energy system operators and regulators across North America and Europe. DERs are “a decentralized source of energy that provides electricity services to individual customers or to the wider system located […]
Articles
Much of Canada’s Energy and Climate Challenge is Local – And so are Many of the Solutions
Introduction – Smart Energy Communities and the Regulatory system Canada faces several challenges on the energy and climate change front — and they appear to be growing more intractable. We are approaching thirty years from initial agreement on the Framework […]
Articles
Bill C-69: Introducing the Canadian Energy Regulator and the Impact Assessment Agency*
On August 28, 2019, Bill C-69 was proclaimed into force, simultaneously enacting the Canadian Energy Regulator Act (CERA) and the Impact Assessment Act (IAA)1 and repealing the National Energy Board Act (NEB Act) and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 […]
Book Reviews
BREAKDOWN: The Pipeline Debate and the Threat to Canada’s Future, Dennis McConaghy, Dundurn Toronto, 2019
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 […]