The Managing Editors gratefully acknowledge the contribution of Bennett Jones in the production of this Issue of Energy Regulation Quarterly.
1. Background The development of Quebec’s oil and gas industry in the last decade has been quite a saga. First, a good portion of its hydrocarbon reserves must be obtained through controversial methods like hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling. Second, […]
Linkage will take effect on January 1, 2018 Ontario plans to join the Québec-California carbon market as of January 1, 2018, under a harmonization and integration agreement (linkage agreement) announced on September 22.1 The Ontario Ministry of the Environment and […]
1. Introduction The July 2017 decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada in two duty to consult cases involving the National Energy Board, Chippewas of the Thames and Hamlet of Clyde River,1 marked in some ways a restatement of a […]
Introduction: Canada’s Energy Future Many factors will determine Canada’s energy future over the next few decades. Carbon pricing and climate commitments; the constantly shifting state of international energy markets; potentially radical technological advances from electric power to vehicles to hydrocarbon […]
The challenges that continue to confront Canadian energy regulation are multi-dimensional and complex. It is convenient, however, to address these challenges under three general, interrelated headings: public acceptance (or “social licence”); aboriginal consultation; and climate change. Articles in this issue […]
In March of 2015, the Municipality of Arran-Elderslie, Municipality of Kincardine and the Township of Huron-Kinloss (collectively, “Southern Bruce”) conducted a competitive Request for Information (RFI) process to canvass the market for potential suppliers of natural gas distribution services. After […]
On June 21, 2016, E.L.K. Energy Inc. (“ELK”) filed a service area amendment application under Section 74 of the Ontario Energy Board Act1, to amend its service area in its electricity distribution licence ED-2003-0015 to include, inter alia, lands associated […]
Ontario’s new Fair Hydro Plan Act, 20171 (“FHP Act”), which received Royal Assent June 1, 2017, upends Ontario Energy Board (OEB) oversight over rates paid by households, small businesses, and farm consumers, restructures the financial architecture of Ontario’s power system, […]