Public policy is all too often driven by a perceived need to respond urgently to a ‘crisis’ – to be seen to be doing ‘something’. Insufficient attention is sometimes paid to analyzing the real nature of the problem at hand, with the result that legislative and regulatory responses frequently overreach[…]
While questions related to policies, programs and energy projects have been common for many years, they remain and are perhaps more complicated than ever. It could be seen as a cliché to say that we are living during a historic turning point[…]
In late July, 2018 Equinor Canada Ltd. (formerly Statoil Canada Ltd.) and the Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador announced a framework agreement for the potential development of the Bay du Nord oil discovery located approximately 270 nautical miles (500 kilometres) offshore[…]
On August 30, 2018, a panel (the “Panel”) of the Ontario Energy Board (the “OEB”) approved a proposed amalgamation of Enbridge Gas Distribution (“Enbridge”) and Union Gas Limited (“Union Gas”) (together, the “Applicants”), pursuant to s. 43(1) of the Ontario Energy Board Act, (1998)1 (the “Act”)[…]
As this issue of Energy Regulation Quarterly goes to press, the political and regulatory framework governing federal pipelines is in turmoil, resulting directly from the late-August decision of the Federal Court of Appeal quashing approval of the proposed expansion of the Trans Mountain Pipeline (TMX)[…]
