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Addressing the Policy Regulatory Nexus in Canada’s Energy Decision-Making

Author: Stephen Bird ×

Canada faces serious challenges and crucial decisions when it comes to governing a twenty first century energy system. They are seen in ongoing controversy over siting of wind farms, pipelines, new hydro, and transmission lines; tensions between movement on climate change and other energy objectives like oil sands development, competitiveness and consumer affordability, fracking implementation, and the reform of the National Energy Board, to name but a few[…]

September 2018 – Volume 6, issue 3 2018
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Should Ratepayers Fund Innovation?

Should Ratepayers Fund Innovation?

Authors: James M. Coyne, Robert C. Yardley, Jessalyn Pryciak and Adonis Yatchew ×

The authors of this article, James M. Coyne, Robert C. Yardley and Jessalyn Pryciak are consultants with Concentric Energy Advisors Inc. This article is based on a longer research report supported by the Canadian Gas Association and the Canadian Electricity Association[…]

September 2018 – Volume 6, issue 3 2018
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The New Alberta Electricity Legislation

Authors: Martin Ignasiak, Jessica Kennedy, Danielle Chu and Cassie Richards ×

On June 11, 2018, the Alberta Legislature passed Bill 13, An Act to Secure Alberta’s Electricity Future.2 Bill 13 amends several existing statutes and provides the necessary legal framework for the establishment of an electrical generation capacity market – which marks a significant change to Alberta’s power generation regime[…]

September 2018 – Volume 6, issue 3 2018
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The role of the CNSC under the proposed Impact Assessment Act

Author: Andrew Dusevic ×

On June 20th 2018, Bill C-69 received its introduction and first reading in Canada’s Senate. Bill C-69 aims to enact the Impact Assessment Act (the “IAA”). The IAA repeals the current Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (the “CEAA”), and implements broad changes to the Canadian environmental assessment process. […]

September 2018 – Volume 6, issue 3 2018
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Federal Energy Project Reviews: Timelines in Practice

Authors: Jonathan Drance, Glenn Cameron and Rachel Hutton ×

In recent years the timeline to complete Canadian regulatory reviews of proposed major projects – and particularly environmental assessments which are the key part of the project review process – has become a major political issue. Over the last decade or so, project proponents have consistently raised concerns about the speed and unpredictability of project review processes –principally at the federal level[…]

September 2018 – Volume 6, issue 3 2018
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Ontario Cancels Wind and Solar Contracts

Author: Gordon E. Kaiser ×

Over the last decade governments around the world have increased their efforts to transition towards a low carbon economy. A major initiative in this effort has been the introduction of feed in tariffs or FIT contracts to promote renewable energy. Wind and solar have been at the forefront[…]

September 2018 – Volume 6, issue 3 2018
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Canadian Carbon Pricing: Where is it Going?

Authors: Elisabeth DeMarco and Jonathan McGillivray ×

On June 15, 2018, then Premier-designate Doug Ford announced that Ontario would not participate in the quarterly cap and trade allowance auction as part of the linked California-Quebec-Ontario Cap and Trade system (WCI System), and thereby triggered the rapid repeal and demise of Ontario’s cap and trade, carbon pricing system (CT System) 18 months after it began[…]

September 2018 – Volume 6, issue 3 2018
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Editorial

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

The Canadian energy regulatory framework continues to develop, increasingly characterized by unpredictability. The articles in this issue of Energy Regulation Quarterly include reviews of several significant recent and current developments at both the federal and provincial levels[…]

September 2018 – Volume 6, issue 3 2018
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