Reviewed by Gordon E. Kaiser* Most disputes in the energy sector are ultimately resolved by either a regulatory agency or an arbitration panel. The courts are generally a distant third. Regulators have the primary jurisdiction but the majority of the […]

It is no secret that building energy infrastructure in Canada is difficult. Recently, TransCanada threw in the towel on the Energy East project after years of delay and opposition. The final straw was the National Energy Board decision to consider […]

I. Introduction For the better part of the past century, residential customers in the U.S. and many other countries have paid for electricity through a two-part tariff that has collected most of the revenue through a flat volumetric charge.  In […]

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, […]

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 […]