Electricity

Alberta’s First Competitive Power Procurement Begins

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Courtesy of Borden, Ladner and Gervais. View original article here. Background Alberta will hold its first auction for renewable electricity generation contracts in early 2017. The Province’s implementation of sweeping climate change policies in the electricity sector (previously addressed by BLG in New Opportunities in the Alberta Electricity Market – An Overview) is now supported by… [Read More…] about Alberta’s First Competitive Power Procurement Begins

Details of Alberta’s Renewable Electricity Program: Program to Add 5,000 Megawatts of Capacity by 2030

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Courtesy of Blakes. View original article here. On November 3, 2016, the Alberta government announced its endorsement of the Alberta Electric System Operator’s (AESO) recommendations for the Renewable Electricity Program (REP). The purpose of the REP is to encourage the development of 5,000 megawatts (MW) of renewable electricity generation capacity in Alberta between now and 2030. If accomplished, Alberta’s… [Read More…] about Details of Alberta’s Renewable Electricity Program: Program to Add 5,000 Megawatts of Capacity by 2030

Alberta’s Ambitious Renewable Electricity Program: The Long-Awaited and Eagerly-Anticipated Details Unveiled

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Courtesy of Stikeman Elliott and Canadian Energy Law. View original article here.  Almost a year after Alberta Premier Notley first announced her Climate Leadership Plan in bold but extraordinarily broad strokes, the details of how she hopes to achieve a target of 30% renewables on Alberta’s grid by 2030 are finally taking shape. Coincident with the first… [Read More…] about Alberta’s Ambitious Renewable Electricity Program: The Long-Awaited and Eagerly-Anticipated Details Unveiled

New Opportunities for Ontario Businesses to Benefit from Electricity Rate Relief Program

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Courtesy of Blakes. View original article here. During its throne speech on September 15, 2016, the Ontario government announced the expansion of its Industrial Conservation Initiative (ICI), thus giving more businesses access to a program that allows customers to significantly lower their year-round electricity costs by reducing consumption from the provincial grid during times of… [Read More…] about New Opportunities for Ontario Businesses to Benefit from Electricity Rate Relief Program

Green Shoots – Release of the Government of Alberta’s Renewable Electricity Program

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Courtesy of BD&P. View original article here. After much speculation and waiting, on November 3, 2016 the Government of Alberta (GoA) released plans on how it intends to achieve key aspects of its ambitious Climate Leadership Plan (CLP), including endorsing the recommendations put forward by1the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) for a provincial Renewable Electricity… [Read More…] about Green Shoots – Release of the Government of Alberta’s Renewable Electricity Program

Court Action Launched to Protect Power Consumers from Paying Costs of Unlawful “Enron Clause”

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Courtesy of Alberta Energy. View original article here. The Government of Alberta took legal action today to protect Albertans from an attempt to offload business losses in the electricity market onto the public. Alberta contends that this attempted offload is being implemented through a regulatory clause that was unlawfully enacted when the province’s electricity system was… [Read More…] about Court Action Launched to Protect Power Consumers from Paying Costs of Unlawful “Enron Clause”

OEB Staff Confirm That Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Can Be Owned and Operated by LDCs

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Courtesy of Borden Ladner Gervais. View original article here. On July 13, 2016, the Ontario government announced that it would build 500 electric vehicle charging stations at 250 locations across the province. This comes shortly after a related announcement on July 7, 2016. On that day, the Ontario Energy Board (“OEB”) staff (“Staff”) published a bulletin (the… [Read More…] about OEB Staff Confirm That Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Can Be Owned and Operated by LDCs

New Regulations Intended to Encourage Consolidation

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Courtesy of Borden, Ladner and Gervais. View original article here. The Ministry of Finance (“MOF”) published two regulations on April 25, 2016, implementing the changes described in the April 2015 Ontario Budget. The new regulations are intended to encourage the consolidation of the LDC sector by reducing, and in some cases eliminating significant tax barriers… [Read More…] about New Regulations Intended to Encourage Consolidation