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; […]

Previous versions of the Canadian Energy Year in Review discussed major decisions that had impacts on the industry, but 2016 beats them all. Alberta and Québec both announced major changes to their regulatory processes. Although not formally announced yet, big […]

  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 […]

Traditional economic regulation – involving interminable hearings on issues such as cost of capital, rolled-in versus incremental tolls, system access and unbundling, all in quest of the holy grail of “economic efficiency” – no longer dominates the business of Canadian […]

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, […]

This year is the 100th anniversary of public utility regulation in Alberta, a milestone that has been marked by various events, publications and presentations. In May, the occasion was reflected in the program for the annual conference of the Canadian […]