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 […]
Two cases decided by the Supreme Court on September 25th, 2015 paved the way for utility regulators to address utility costs without fear of formalism […]
In today’s world it is rare that a public utility gets any good news. Recently the Alberta Court of Appeal ruled that the cost of stranded assets is for the account of the shareholder not the ratepayer1 confirming three earlier […]
On September 3, 2015, British Columbia’s Environmental Appeal Board (“EAB”) issued a precedent-setting decision (the “Decision”) granting an appeal brought on behalf of the members of the Fort Nelson First Nations […]