The Managing Editors gratefully acknowledge the contribution of Bennett Jones in the production of this Issue of Energy Regulation Quarterly.
On July 27, 2015 the Alberta Utilities Commission released the first contested Canadian decision involving energy market manipulation. The 217 page decision1 followed a three year investigation and a three-week hearing. This is not the first decision on this topic. […]
1. Introduction The last quarter of 2015 was a busy one in respect of judicial activity of interest to Alberta utilities: a decision by the Alberta Court of Appeal (ABCA); two decisions by the Supreme Court of Canada; and two […]
The Ontario Energy Board (“OEB”) has commenced a process to determine the approach to be used to set wireline pole attachment fees across Ontario.2 In a November 2015 letter, the OEB initiated a “comprehensive policy review” of miscellaneous rates and […]
In his Preface to The Guide to Energy Arbitrations, William Rowley QC notes that “if a single industry can lay claim to parental responsibility for the present universality of international arbitration as the go-to choice for the resolution of commercial […]
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 […]
“High court won’t hear challenge The National Energy Board has the right to limit evidence or exclude participants from the Kinder Morgan pipeline hearing, or any other hearing it conducts. That’s the effect of a Supreme Court of Canada decision […]
On April 30, 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada granted leave to appeal to Jessica Ernst in her ongoing claim against the Energy Resources Conservation Board (predecessor to the Alberta Energy Regulator) (the “Board”) and others relating to the damages […]