Legislation to reform, or “modernize”, the federal regulatory review process for major energy infrastructure projects is expected to be tabled in Parliament in the near future, perhaps as early as this fall. Regardless of how extensive any proposed changes may […]

Alberta’s electricity market is undergoing extensive changes in order to implement certain elements of the province’s Climate Leadership Plan, announced on November 22, 2015.1 The main components of that plan are: an accelerated phase-out of coal-fired power generation by 2030; […]

Canadian energy policy and regulation are currently dominated by measures to address climate change and by the scope of participation in review processes for proposed new energy infrastructure projects. The two issues are directly related, inasmuch as the demands of […]

  The challenges posed by the production, distribution and consumption of energy in today’s world continue to escalate at a rapid pace that confutes any perception of energy regulation as dry and remote – somewhat stable and reasonably predictable. Stability […]

The New Industry Dynamics Six factors currently drive the energy sector in Canada at the national level: the drop in the price of oil; pipeline delays; the increase in shale gas; the increase in the delivery of crude oil by […]

The recent Alberta and federal elections, resulting in a change of political party at both levels of government, are likely to have significant implications for energy policy and regulation in Canada. Each of the predecessor federal and Alberta governments has, […]