Energy Regulation Quarterly

Across Canada, provincial governments, either directly or through purchasing organizations or government-owned utilities, have been aggressively purchasing wind generation over the last five years. What happens when the government changes its mind and cancels the project? That situation recently faced […]

This report highlights key energy regulatory developments in the United States over the last year. Energy regulatory developments in 2013 in the United States impacted numerous sectors of the energy industry and addressed a wide swath of issues.  This report […]

by Mary Janigan Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2012 The West Wants In!    How many times have we heard that complaint in the Canadian political debate? The rise of the Reform Party in the 1990s and the triumph of Harper […]

This is the first issue of the Energy Regulation Quarterly. Readers may wonder why we need another energy journal. The answer is, simply, that this country does not have one, at least not one dedicated to energy regulation. Lots of […]

FortisBC is the dominant natural gas service provider in British Columbia, serving nearly a million customers in over 135 communities in the province. It is a public utility regulated by the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC), under the Utilities Commission Act […]

The Ontario Energy Board’s (OEB) 2011 decision1 denying Toronto Hydro Electric System Limited’s (Toronto Hydro) request for $600,000 to fund an electric vehicle (EV) pilot project raises the interesting issue of where energy regulators should draw the line between competitive […]