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On August 13, 2010, following the completion of its 30-day consultation period with respect to the proposed change to the pricing for ground-mounted solar PV projects up to 10 kilowatts in size, the Ontario Power Authority announced amended and finalized new pricing and introduced other new changes to the microFIT Program, which among other changes prevents "commercial aggregators" from participating in the microFIT Program.

Electricity transmitters developing new transmission lines in Canada face considerable uncertainty over the duty to consult with Aboriginal communities.

The Green Energy Act, 2009, which was passed in May, 2009, was proclaimed in force this week and various related legislative amendments and regulations have been issued.

Kathleen Wynne, Ontario’s 25th Premier, introduced her cabinet at Queen’s Park on Monday afternoon, Feb. 11, and Ottawa’s Bob Chiarelli has landed in the hotly controversial energy portfolio.

The plan to merge the Ontario Power Authority and the Independent Electricity System Operator moved forward with the introduction of the budget bill.

The York Region Non-Wires Alternative (NWA) Demonstration Project is aimed at developing a better understanding of how to competitively secure and operate...

On January 18, 2012, the U.S. State Department recommended to President Obama that the Presidential Permit for TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL pipeline be denied.

Natural Resources Canada recently released for consultation its draft guidance and reporting specifications with respect to the Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act.

Quebec has introduced legislation to create the Société du Plan Nord, the Crown corporation which will coordinate the implementation of the government’s policy directions.

On January 24, 2017, the Québec Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources unveiled new Policy Directions (available in French only) that it will implement in order to foster social acceptability...

The Government of Québec and Alcoa announced today that they have entered into a new agreement for the supply of electricity by Hydro-Québec to Alcoa’s Bécancour, Deschambault and Baie-Comeau facilities.

Recently, the Quebec and California governments announced the results of the May 2016 Cap and Trade System Joint Auction.

On May 6, 2013, Ontario Minister of Energy Bob Chiarelli directed the Ontario Power Authority and the Independent Electricity System Operator to consult with stakeholders across the province and jointly develop recommendations for a new integrated regional energy planning process which would focus on improving how large energy infrastructure projects are sited in the Province.

Early Sunday, the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party selected Alison Redford, a Calgary human rights lawyer and former provincial Justice minister, as the party's new leader.

An area of focus for 2018 will be regulatory reform at the Ontario Energy Board ("OEB"), particularly in the area of technological innovation and empowering customers.

Last November, the Alberta government released its Climate Leadership Plan, setting out the phase-out of coal-fired electricity generation by 2030, to be replaced with two thirds renewable energy generation and one third natural gas generation.

A February 2017 report titled "The Impact of Time-Of-Use Rates in Ontario," authored by the Brattle Group (with contributions from Mountain Economic Consulting and eMeter)...