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THE PATCH: The People, Pipelines, and Politics of the Oil Sands, Chris Turner

Author: Rowland J. Harrison, K.C. ×

The rise of the Canadian oil sands is a remarkable story. In THE PATCH: The People, Pipelines, and Politics of the Oil Sands, Chris Turner recounts the many facets of that story, comprehensively and objectively[…]

July 2019 – Volume 7, issue 2 2019
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National Energy Board Advice to the Minister of Natural Resources on Optimizing Oil Pipeline and Rail Capacity out of Western Canada

Author: Rowland J. Harrison, K.C. ×

None of the additional facilities that are proposed to address the current shortfall in oil pipeline and rail capacity out of western Canada – pipeline expansions (Enbridge Line 3, TMX), a new pipeline (Keystone XL) and additional rail tanker cars – will be available in the short-term. Optimizing the use of existing capacity has, therefore, become all the more critical[…]

July 2019 – Volume 7, issue 2 2019
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How Scalability is Transforming Energy Industries

How Scalability is Transforming Energy Industries

Author: Adonis Yatchew ×

Fracking, a combination of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, has upturned oil markets, not so much because it has opened up new supplies, but because it is scalable[…]

July 2019 – Volume 7, issue 2 2019
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Inconsistent with the Public Interest: FERC’s Three Decades of Deference to Electricity Consolidation

Author: Scott Hempling ×

Since the mid-1980s, mergers and acquisitions approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) have cut the number of independent retail electric utilities by more than half[…]

July 2019 – Volume 7, issue 2 2019
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OEB takes steps towards implementing “Activity and Program Based Benchmarking” 1

Author: David Stevens ×

On February 25, 2019, the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) staff released their Discussion Paper on Activity and Program Based Benchmarking (APB) For Electricity Distributors[…]

July 2019 – Volume 7, issue 2 2019
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The Avista and East-West Tie Cases, and Their Implications for the Governance of the Electricity Sector in Ontario

Author: Robert B. Warren ×

Two recent cases have highlighted a serious weakness in the governance of the electricity sector in Ontario. The cases illustrate not just the immediate adverse effects of Government interference in specific matters but the deeper damage the Government’s role does to governance of the sector as a whole.[…]

July 2019 – Volume 7, issue 2 2019
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A Tale of Two Market Designs: What’s New in Alberta

Author: Bob Heggie ×

Alberta was the first Canadian jurisdiction to implement a restructured electrical power market. Structuring the electricity sector for competition led to policy determinations and reforms that unbundled generation and retailing functions and turned them over to competitive markets[…]

July 2019 – Volume 7, issue 2 2019
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EDITORIAL

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

Restructuring of the Alberta electrical power market, which began in the late 1990s, continues to evolve. In the lead article in this issue of Energy Regulation Quarterly, “A Tale of Two Market Designs: What’s New in Alberta”, Bob Heggie discusses the current initiative to reshape the role of market forces in the wholesale electricity market through the introduction of an administered capacity market, while the Alberta Utilities Commission is examining whether and how market forces can be brought to bear in the, traditionally monopolistic, distribution infrastructure function[…]

July 2019 – Volume 7, issue 2 2019
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