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2013: A Challenging Year for Canadian Energy Regulators

Authors: Rowland J. Harrison, K.C. and Gordon E. Kaiser ×

Managing Editors It is always useful to look back at the end of each year and analyse the main developments in energy regulation and identify the challenges going forward. That, after all, is one of the purposes of the Energy […]

May 2014 – Volume 2, Winter 2014
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The Crown’s Duty to Consult and the Role of the Energy Regulator

The Crown’s Duty to Consult and the Role of the Energy Regulator

Author: Keith B. Bergner ×

Introduction This coming fall—November 18, 2014—will mark ten years since the Supreme Court of Canada released two seminal decisions on the Crown’s duty to consult Aboriginal peoples: Haida Nation v. British Columbia (Minister of Forests), 2004 SCC 73 and Taku […]

May 2014 – Volume 2, Winter 2014
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The 2013 North American Natural Gas Market – a Year in Review

The 2013 North American Natural Gas Market – a Year in Review

Author: Gordon Pickering ×

Introduction The North American natural gas market in 2013 was a hot topic news item again, as it has taken center stage in a variety of media outlets over the last several years.  While a portion of the industries gas […]

May 2014 – Volume 2, Winter 2014
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Fostering Competition Amongst Regulated LDCs: The Dutch Experience

Author: Dr. Hugo Schotman ×

Introduction Rate setting for local distribution companies (LDCs) is often a labor-intensive task for both regulators and LDCs. In Canada, most regulators use some form of rate of return regulation, which involves rate setting mechanism that require very complex and […]

May 2014 – Volume 2, Winter 2014
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Northern Gateway: Round No.1

Author: Rowland J. Harrison, K.C. ×

The release of the Report of the Joint Review Panel for the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project, on December 19, 2013 will likely prove to be a watershed moment in the history of Canada’s federal pipeline regulation regime […]

May 2014 – Volume 2, Winter 2014
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Enbridge Gas Distribution New Brunswick Decision

Author: David MacDougall ×

The Court of Appeal of New Brunswick issued its Decision in Enbridge Gas New Brunswick Limited Partnership et al vs. the Attorney General in and for the province of New Brunswick, 2013 NBCA 34, on May 3, 2013.  This decision […]

May 2014 – Volume 2, Winter 2014
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Trillium Wind: Can Developers Sue when Government Wind Projects are cancelled?

Author: Gordon E. Kaiser ×

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 […]

May 2014 – Volume 2, Winter 2014
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The Washington Report

Author: Robert S. Fleishman ×

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 […]

May 2014 – Volume 2, Winter 2014
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Ontario Energy Law: Electricity

Author: Helen T. Newland ×

by Clark, Ron W., Stoll, Scott A., and Cass, Fred D. Markham: LexisNexis Canada, 2012 This book comprises a “soup to nuts” survey of the Ontario electricity sector, presented in nine chapters over 600 pages. Although the book describes the […]

May 2014 – Volume 2, Winter 2014
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