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

Traditional economic regulation – involving interminable hearings on issues such as cost of capital, rolled-in versus incremental tolls, system access and unbundling, all in quest of the holy grail of “economic efficiency” – no longer dominates the business of Canadian […]

June 2016 – Volume 4, issue 2 2016
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Electricity Privatization and Restructuring in Ontario and Abroad: Some Lessons from UK and Elsewhere

Author: Dr. Stephen Littlechild ×

Ontario is in the process of privatizing Hydro One. How is this best done? What role should restructuring play? And should other privatizations follow? This paper seeks to learn some lessons from experience in the UK and elsewhere over the […]

June 2016 – Volume 4, issue 2 2016
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Alberta’s Electricity System: Carbon Policies and the Risk of Unintended Consequences

Authors: Donna Kennedy-Glans, Q.C. and Dr. Brian Bietz ×

Introduction In advance of the COP21 climate change meetings in Paris last December, and in concert with the carbon policies announced by the new federal Liberal government, on November 22, 2015 Alberta Premier Rachel Notley advanced several climate related policies […]

June 2016 – Volume 4, issue 2 2016
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Quebec Releases its 2030 Energy Policy

Author: Erik Richer La Flèche ×

On April 7, 2016, the Government of Quebec released its much-anticipated 2030 Energy Policy1 before 500 guests at Montreal’s Place des Arts. Since its election on April 7, 2014, Premier Philippe Couillard’s Liberal Government has issued a steady stream of […]

June 2016 – Volume 4, issue 2 2016
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The Supreme Court of Canada Grants Leave in Two Cases Involving the National Energy Board and the Rights of Indigenous Communities

Author: Nigel Bankes ×

On March 10, 2016 a panel of the Supreme Court of Canada comprising Chief Justice McLachlin, and Justices Moldaver and Gascon granted leave (with costs in the cause) in Chippewas of the Thames First Nation v Enbridge Pipelines Inc1 (hereafter […]

June 2016 – Volume 4, issue 2 2016
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Maryland’s Supreme Court Loss: A Win for Consumers, Competition and States

Author: Scott Hempling ×

Due to generation shortages in transmission-constrained areas, PJM capacity auctions were producing high wholesale prices in Maryland. The Maryland Commission designed a three-part solution: (1) Select through competition a wholesale generator to serve in the constrained area. (2) Order Maryland’s […]

June 2016 – Volume 4, issue 2 2016
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The Washington Report

Author: Robert S. Fleishman ×

Energy regulatory developments in the United States impact numerous sectors of the energy industry and address a wide swath of issues. We reported on key federal and state energy regulatory developments in the United States during 2014 in Volume 3, […]

June 2016 – Volume 4, issue 2 2016
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