INTRODUCTION Last year marked the fifth anniversary of the Supreme Court of Canada’s landmark decision in Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v Vavilov.[1] At the five-year mark after the release of the predecessor to Vavilov,[2] Professor Mullan wrote an […]
INTRODUCTION This article considers the economic regulators’ review of integrated resources planning (IRP) for gas and electric utilities in Canada. The IRP process has typically been conducted by each regulated utility considering only the energy demands of its customers without […]
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INTRODUCTION This paper provides a cost-benefit assessment of wind generation in Ontario, Canada for the 2020–2023 period and on a forward-looking basis for the 2027–2030 period. Our work is based on well-established economics literature examining the interaction of wind in […]
In May of 2024, the Canadian Gas Association (CGA) and the American Gas Association (AGA) engaged MCR Performance Solutions, a management consulting firm dedicated to serving utilities, to update and expand a 2022 study, Investor Expectations on North American Natural […]
EDITORS INTRODUCTION The last issue of Energy Regulation Quarterly (ERQ) included an article by Ahmad Faruqui on “Accelerating Electrification by Lowering its Operating Costs Through Technology-Specific Marginal Cost Pricing”[1]. Two Comments on that article follow. As a forum for discussion and […]