Energy Regulation Quarterly

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[…]

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[…]

Despite its title, The Guide to Energy Market Manipulation is not a how-to book for entrepreneurial energy traders! Rather, as Joseph Kelliher notes in the foreword, it is a first-of-its-kind survey of the developing law of market manipulation across nations and energy sectors that combines contributions from recognized experts in each area […]

On March 22, 2018, the Ontario Energy Board (“OEB”) issued its Final Report on Wireline Pole Attachment Charges (the “Final Report”) setting the amount that telecom carriers will pay to attach wirelines to electricity poles […]

The Environment Quality Act (hereinafter EQA), the key legislation governing Quebec’s environmental regime, had not been thoroughly reviewed or revised since it was passed in 1972 […]

If enacted, Bill C-69 will entail significant changes to the regulation of offshore energy projects in Atlantic Canada […]