Regulation and Development of a New Energy Industry: Tidal Energy in Nova Scotia
In the most recent sitting of Nova Scotia’s House of Assembly, Energy Minister Michel Samson introduced Bill No. 110, the Marine Renewable-energy Act.

The Managing Editors gratefully acknowledge the contribution of Bennett Jones in the production of this Issue of Energy Regulation Quarterly.
Recent court decisions dealing with the admissibility and assessment of expert evidence are already confronting energy regulators with new challenges, as shown by the decision of the Alberta Utilities Commission in Canada’s first electricity market manipulation case.
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 […]
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 […]
This article summarizes the key components of Ontario’s past and present activities in energy conservation. It then uses this background to identify some of the likely key elements and drivers of future activities. Before going further, it is useful to […]
In December 2013, Premier Kathleen Wynne’s Government adopted a policy of Conservation First with respect to electricity and natural gas.1 Conservation First means investing in all cost-effective and achievable energy efficiency resources before investing in new supply. This new policy […]
Introduction The emergence of shale production as an important component of natural gas supply in the United States has markedly altered the operating environment of the North American gas industry over the last decade or so. Prior to that, the […]
As of December 2013 there were 73 local electricity distribution companies [“LDCs”] under the regulation of the Ontario Energy Board [“OEB”]. The size of these distribution companies varies widely, from Hydro 2000, with only 1,220 customers and 21km of network […]