Oil & Gas Meets Electricity: Flare Gas Energy Projects in Western Canada
In Western Canada “energy” is often considered to be mainly petroleum, oil & natural gas. “Energy” is not often thought of as including electricity generation, as it might be in other jurisdictions. In order to successfully develop a flare gas...
Use and Non-Use of Licensed Land Agents by Renewable Energy Companies
In Alberta, oil and gas companies have long required the services of accredited land agents in acquiring or leasing land to exploit the mineral resources there. The recent surge in interest in renewable energy sources, especially wind and solar, presents...
New Renewable Electricity Procurement in Alberta
The Alberta Minister of Environment and Parks, Shannon Phillips, announced two new rounds of Renewable Electricity Procurement (REP) at the recent Alberta Saskatchewan Renewable Energy Financing Summit conference. REP 2 looks to acquire up to 300 MW of renewable electricity generation...
The Winds of Change: How Will the Saskatchewan Government’s New Wind Energy Siting Location Guidelines Impact Wind Energy Developers?
On September 19, 2016, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment refused to approve the development of a proposed wind energy project near the Village of Chaplin, Saskatchewan (the “Chaplin Project”). Environmental concerns – predominantly the concern that the proposed location was...
Québec Government Introduces Framework for Oil and Gas Exploration
In the early morning of December 10, 2016, the Québec legislature adopted the contentious Bill 106: An Act to implement the 2030 Energy Policy and to amend various legislative provisions. The main purpose of Bill 106 was to enact the Act respecting...
Water Power: A new spin on an old concept expanding hydro-electricity in Ontario
Water Canada, January/February 2016, p. 31
Charles Bois quoted in British Columbia Power Report 2014
POWER British Columbia
British Columbia (BC) has long enjoyed some of the lowest electricity costs in North America, but when in August 2013, a draft of the BC Rates Plan which proposed a 26% rate increase by 2016, was leaked, this was met...
Unfair variations on the “polluter pays” theme?
The concept of “polluter pays” is rooted in the principle of fairness. According to the concept developers should be financially responsible for mitigating and remediating the environmental impacts of their projects, and therefore must be able to demonstrate in advance that...
The Implications of the Decision in Keewatin v. Minister of Natural Resources
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Keewatin v. Minister of Natural Resources 2011 ONSC 4801 – Case Summary
Introduction In a landmark 300+ page decision, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice held that the government of Ontario does not have the authority to interfere with harvesting rights of the Grassy Narrows First Nation under Treaty 3. Background Grassy...
