Reconciliation: The Public Interest and a Fair Deal
From time to time a decision appears that may have a major impact on the regulation of energy utilities in Canada[…]
Recent
The Managing Editors gratefully acknowledge the contribution of Bennett Jones in the production of this Issue of Energy Regulation Quarterly.
Articles
Alberta Joins the Canadian Hydrogen Race
The last issue of ERQ included two excellent articles that analyze the use of hydrogen in Canada’s attempt to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The first was titled “Is Hydrogen the Silver Bullet”[1] outlined various government commitments by the Canadian government, the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta, the United States, Europe and the UK[…]
Webinars
Is Alberta the Next Texas? – Lessons learned from the Texas Energy Crisis
In many ways Alberta is the envy of the world in terms of reliability and quality of electric service, but the assumptions that underlie the provision of this service were fundamentally shaken during four frigid days in Texas in February 2021[…]
Book Reviews
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, Bill Gates1
The first question Bill Gates confronts in his new book, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster (subtitled “The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need”) is why a world-famous, unimaginably wealthy computer software innovator with no specific credentials in climate change science is authoring a book on this sprawling[…]
Articles
British Columbia Reduces Regulatory Barriers to Hydrogen Investment
On May 25th, 2021, British Columbia amended its Greenhouse Gas Reduction Regulation (made under BC’s Clean Energy Act) to authorize regulated gas utilities to produce, purchase and distribute specified types of hydrogen (the “Amendments”)[…]