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Interest by investors in developing helium deposits in Alberta has to date been deterred by the lack of a helium specific royalty rate.

The Alberta Energy Resource Conservation Board, which will be effective as off May 1, 2013 is implementing changes to the Licensee Liability Rating Program.

On May 27, 2010, Alberta's Energy Minister, Ron Liepert, announced the much anticipated royalty rate curves for oil and gas wells (but excluding oil sands development).

On October 17, Alberta Minister of Environment and Sustainable Resource Development Diana McQueen announced that the government of that province will be setting up a new environmental monitoring agency, with the aim of establishing the most comprehensive program of its kind in Canada.

On July 9, 2020, the Alberta government announced the Alberta Petrochemicals Incentive Program. As part of Alberta's Recovery Plan, the Program represents a significant effort to...

On October 24, 2012, the Alberta government introduced legislation to unify upstream energy resource regulation in Alberta under the control of a single regulator. Under Bill 2, the Responsible Energy Development Act, the Alberta Energy Regulator will be created, combining the existing regulatory functions of the Energy Resources Conservation Board and Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development.

The proposed legislation is designed to streamline the process for approving oil and gas projects by creating a single regulator (the "Alberta Energy Regulator").

On January 5, 2021, Alectra Energy Services Inc. (a division of Alectra Inc.) announced that it had completed the acquisition of Holland Power Services (HPS).

In a joint Canada-U.S. press confer​​ence​​​​ held earlier this month, Canada's Transport Minister Lisa Raitt and U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Fox announced harmonized cross-border regulations aimed at strengthening safety standards for rail tank cars used to transport crude oil and other dangerous goods.

A decision of the Ontario Energy Board approving a pole attachment charge for Hydro Ottawa Limited is the subject of an appeal to the Divisional Court of Ontario that was filed on March 24, 2016.

The Environmental Review Tribunal recently dismissed a renewable energy approval appeal concerning the Port Dover and Nanticoke Wind Project.

On March 1, 2018, the National Energy Board (NEB) issued its Reasons for Decision in RHW-003-2017 (M&NP's application for approval of its 2017-19 Toll Settlement). BLG acted on this matter.

The litigation began in 2006 when Moulton sued the Province, the FNFN and certain individual members of the FNFN for losses suffered as a result of a road blockade obstructing Moulton's logging access road.

As discussed here, the B.C. government's new Natural Gas strategy and LNG strategy released last week set out significant new details on the province's plans to develop its natural gas resources and promote the LNG export industry.

On June 8, 2013, British Columbia Premier Christy Clark announced the creation of a new Ministry of Natural Gas Development. Rich Coleman, one of her most experienced Ministers, was named as the first Minister of the new department.

As expected, the Alberta Government moved this week to phase out coal-fired power generation and replace it with lower-carbon natural gas and zero-carbon renewable generation.

The Government of Alberta recently announced a number of policy changes that will impact the Alberta Electricity Market, composed of its generators, transmitters, distributors, retailers, electricity consumers and wholesale electricity market.

In early December 2016, the United Kingdom's Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (OFGEM) announced the launch of its "Innovation Link."