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Environmental, Energy and Resources Law - Mar, 2012
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| Finance Minister Jim Flaherty delivered the Harper government’s 2012 budget today, mixing together austerity measures, pension reforms, and the end of the penny.
For the energy and resources [read more]Thursday, 29 March 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will deliver the federal government's 2012 budget on Thursday. The budget is expected to deliver spending cuts in the $4B range and provide for other austerity [read more]Wednesday, 28 March 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed on Tuesday a rule to cut carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. The EPA Proposal will effectively require any new coal-fired plants to incorporate [read more] |
| As we previously reported, the federal government intends to enact regulations to phase out coal fired generation in Canada. These regulations will require both new coal-fired power plants, and any [read more] |
| Ontario Energy Minister Chris Bentley told a crowd of electricity interest stakeholders that he would be making an announcement regarding the results of the FIT review process next week.
Minis [read more]Tuesday, 13 March 2012 | Andrew Lord |
| Since Nortel Networks Corporation, and a number of related companies (together, “Nortel”), initially filed under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) over two years ago, [read more]Friday, 9 March 2012 | Sarah Robicheau |
| Twelve of Alberta's major oil sands producers have formed the Canadian Oil Sands Innovation Alliance to spur innovation by sharing their research and development in environmental areas.
The [read more]Thursday, 1 March 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| As part of the much-anticipated Drummond Report last week, the Ontario government has been given some specific guidance on how it can manage the electricity sector as part of its efforts to reduce [read more]Wednesday, 22 February 2012 | Andrew Lord |
| As we previously reported, upon becoming Premier last fall, Alison Redford promised that certain proposed transmission projects which had been proposed as Critical Transmission Infrastructure [read more]Wednesday, 15 February 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| The first sitting of the Alberta legislature for 2012 opened today with Lieutenant Governor Donald Ethell delivering the speech from the throne.
With the provincial budget coming on Thursday [read more]Tuesday, 7 February 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| 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 [read more]Tuesday, 7 February 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| The British Columbia government announced two new strategies today: the Natural Gas strategy, which has the stated goal of helping British Columbia become a world leader in secure and stable [read more]Friday, 3 February 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Federal Environment Minister Peter Kent and Alberta Environment and Water Minister Diane McQueen jointly announced today a new joint plan to improve environmental monitoring of the oil sands.
The [read more]Friday, 3 February 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, an industry group representing upstream oil and natural gas producers in Canada, announced on Monday that it had issued six voluntary operating practices [read more]Wednesday, 1 February 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Federal Natural Resources Joe Oliver, in a speech in Calgary on Wednesday, committed to reforming and streamlining the federal environmental approvals process in the coming months.
He expressed [read more]Wednesday, 25 January 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| On January 17, the Manitoba Public Utilities Board issued its Order no. 5/12 respecting Manitoba Hydro's 2010-2012 general rate application.
Hydro had applied for an average rate increase [read more]Thursday, 19 January 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| According to reports from CBC and The Globe and Mail, the U.S. State Department will issue its decision regarding TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline project later today.
Both sources [read more]Wednesday, 18 January 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| On January 3, 2012, Ontario Superior Court Justice Carole Brown J. granted an injunction to the Wahgoshig First Nation (the "WFN") restraining a junior minor from engaging [read more] |
| As of January 4, 2012, Ontario has amended regulations under the Assessment Act to clarify the property tax treatment of solar, wind and biogas projects in the province. As detailed below, [read more]Wednesday, 4 January 2012 | Andrew Lord |
| Siloxane D5 (1), a common ingredient in many cosmetics and other toiletries, is the first subject of an independent Environment Canada review of a prior decision identifying a substance [read more]Monday, 28 November 2011 | Sarah Robicheau |
| The Ontario Ministry of Energy officially launched its scheduled review of the Feed-in Tariff program today. The review comes two years into the FIT program and on the heels of a tight election [read more]Monday, 31 October 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| The province, apparently making good on premier Alison Redford's promise to send transmission projects "back to the drawing board" has stopped hearings into three transmission projects [read more]Friday, 21 October 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| As Davis first discussed in detail here, the Open for Business Act, 2010 made several changes to the Environmental Protection Act, Ontario Water Resources Act and Safe Drinking Water Act, [read more]Thursday, 20 October 2011 | Sarah Robicheau |
| As we reported earlier this year, a public inquiry into the death of a Calgary man made a number of recommendations as to the procedures to be followed for utility disconnection. These recommendations [read more]Wednesday, 19 October 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| On October 7, 2011 the Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision in Smith v. Inco Ltd, granting Inco’s appeal and overturning the trial court’s award of damages under the doctrine [read more]Wednesday, 19 October 2011 | Sarah Robicheau |
| Stuck in the middle somewhere between "Putting Families First" and "Services for BC Families", in her Speech from the Throne on October 3, 2011 ("Throne Speech"), [read more]Tuesday, 4 October 2011 | Danielle Jarvis |
| 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. Redford [read more]Monday, 3 October 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Earlier this year, Environment Minister Peter Kent stated in the House of Commons that the federal government was going to look more carefully at shale gas extraction, and in particular the impact [read more]Monday, 3 October 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| As we previously reported, the Ontario government earlier this year announced that no offshore wind projects in that province would proceed, that pending applications for offshore wind would be suspended, [read more]Thursday, 29 September 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| A family in Chatham-Kent has launched a civil claim against the Kent Breeze wind farm, which is owned by Suncor Energy. The Michaud's allege that the wind turbines emit audible and inaudible noise, [read more]Wednesday, 21 September 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| The EU has requested WTO consultations with Canada regarding the domestic content rules under Ontario's Feed-in Tariff program. The announcement opens a third front for Canada in respect of the [read more]Thursday, 11 August 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| Ontario's feed-in-tariff ("FIT") program is currently facing legal challenges from two international parties upset with the domestic content requirements required by the program. Japan [read more]Wednesday, 10 August 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| Ontario's Minister of Energy Brad Duguid announced amendments to the province's renewable energy deal with Samsung C&T Corporation and the Korea Electric Power Corporation (the "Consortium&q [read more]Wednesday, 3 August 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| The government of Ontario announced yesterday that it is taking a number of actions to make it easier for renewable energy developers to do business in the province. Included are two initiatives by [read more]Wednesday, 3 August 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| Ontario Minister of Energy Brad Duguid issued a directive today requiring the Ontario Power Authority ("OPA") to offer FIT contract holders the option of getting a waiver of the OPA's [read more]Tuesday, 2 August 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| On Monday, July 18 the Environmental Review Tribunal delivered its ruling in Erickson v. MOE. It found against the appellants who stood in opposition to the Suncor Kent Breeze Wind project. The Tribunal [read more]Friday, 22 July 2011 | James Kelsall |
| Two cases in the news this week serve as a reminder that bribery of government officials in a foreign country, whether or not it is tolerated in that country, is a serious offence that can be prosecuted [read more]Monday, 27 June 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Ordinarily, the regulation of natural gas drilling (including shale gas) would be considered a provincial responsibility.
But in an exchange in the House of Commons last week with the NDP member [read more]Friday, 24 June 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| On June 21, the Ontario Court of Appeal rejected the application by Ian Hanna for leave to appeal the Divisional Court's dismissal of his challenge of Ontario's wind project regulations.
As [read more]Wednesday, 22 June 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty said that his government will be reviewing the approval of the proposed 280 MW Greenfield South gas-fired power plant. The Premier hinted that the project could be [read more]Tuesday, 21 June 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty reintroduced the Harper government's 2011 budget on Monday. The budget is virtually idential to the budget which was originally introduced in March, and which [read more]Monday, 6 June 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, part of the Department of Transportation, has ordered the shutdown of TransCanada's Keystone Pipeline until it completes [read more]Friday, 3 June 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| On May 30, 2011, the City of Surrey, British Columbia passed a bylaw requiring that all new gasoline stations built in Surrey sell, in addition to traditional gasoline, diesel and propane, at least [read more]Wednesday, 1 June 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Japan is escalating its dispute with Canada over the domestic content requirements introduced in Ontario by the Green Energy Act, which Japan submits are a prohibited form of trade discrimination [read more]Wednesday, 1 June 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| It is well-established in Canada that where the Crown has knowledge of a First Nations right or title that may be affected by the Crown's actions, the Crown has a duty to consult with the affected [read more]Monday, 30 May 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| The Ontario Power Authority began awarding an additional 839 Feed-in Tariff projects today. All of the new projects are capacity allocation exempt, meaning they generate less than 250 kW or 500 kW, [read more]Thursday, 26 May 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| Last week, the National Energy Board published its new remediation process guide respecting spills and releases from federally regulated pipeline facilities.
The highlights of the new guide include: [read more]Thursday, 26 May 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| A public inquiry conducted by Alberta provincial court judge Bruce Millar has recommended changes to the procedures that must be followed by provincially regulated utilities when disconnecting customers [read more]Wednesday, 25 May 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Ontario's Environmental Review Tribunal will hear final arguments this Thursay and Friday in the case of Erickson v. Director, Ministry of the Environment. Katie Erickson is appealing the decision [read more]Wednesday, 25 May 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| The Toronto District School Board ("TDSB") announced a deal today with AMP Solar LP for the installation of solar systems on up to 450 of the board's 524 roofs. Under the 20-year deal, [read more]Thursday, 19 May 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak announced today that he would remove the provincial portion of the HST from home electricity and heating bills. He would also eliminate the Debt Retirement [read more]Thursday, 19 May 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| For a number of years now, there has been plenty of talk in Alberta about the need for the province to diversify its economic base, and more specifically to reduce its reliance on energy and energy [read more]Tuesday, 17 May 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Federal industry minister Tony Clement announced today in a written statement and press conference that he would ask representatives of the gasoline refining, distribution and retail sectors to appear [read more]Thursday, 12 May 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Ontario's Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak has promised to kill Ontario's Feed-in Tariff (FIT) program and to cancel the provinces renewable energy deal with Samsung. In a speech [read more]Wednesday, 11 May 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| Effective May 1, 2011, the Ontario Energy Board increased time-of-use electricity pricing by 0.8 cents per kilowatt hour, making the current prices:
10.7 cents/kWh for on-Peak (11 am to 5 [read more]Monday, 2 May 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| We reported at the beginning of March that the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System was backing SNC-Lavalin's bid to acquire the commercial business of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. from [read more]Thursday, 21 April 2011 |
| As we previously reported, the federal government intends to ban most mercury-containing products and continues to seek comments on related matters such as compact fluorescent light bulbs ("CFL") [read more]Monday, 18 April 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline project cleared a key regulatory hurdle this week with the issue by the United States State Department of its supplemental draft environmental impact statement [read more]Saturday, 16 April 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Québec Premier Jean Charest, accompanied by Nathalie Normandeau, Clément Gignac, Pierre Arcand and Sam Hamad, respectively the Ministers of Natural Resources and Wildlife and Minister [read more]Thursday, 7 April 2011 |
| The Alberta Government published the long-awaited regional plan for the Lower Athabasca region this week. The plan, made under the Land Stewardship Act, would protect approximately two million hectares [read more]Wednesday, 6 April 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Implementation of the federal Environmental Enforcement Act (the "EEA"), first passed in June 2009, has recently begun. The EEA amends the enforcement and penalty regimes of nine federal [read more]Monday, 4 April 2011 | Sarah Robicheau |
| The government of Alberta has announced that it will extend the Incremental Ethane Extraction Program to promote the extraction of ethane and ethylene from refining and upgrading off-gas.
The [read more]Thursday, 31 March 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| TransAlta Corporation has announced that it will begin construction of 66-megawatt wind project located on the Gaspé Peninsula. Located in New Richmond, Quebec, the project will deliver power [read more]Tuesday, 29 March 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| Wind Concerns Ontario plans to appeal the Ontario Divisional Court's decision to dismiss Ian Hanna's challenge of the province's wind turbine regulations.
On Thursday, March 3, the [read more]Tuesday, 29 March 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| According to new research released today by The Pew Charitable Trusts, global clean energy finance and investment grew by 30% over 2009 to reach $243 billion in 2010. The clean energy sector therefore [read more]Tuesday, 29 March 2011 | Stephan Trudeau |
| The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Natural Resources, and Nathalie Normandeau, Quebec Deputy Premier, Minister of Natural Resources and Wildlife and Minister responsible for the Northern [read more]Friday, 25 March 2011 | Stephan Trudeau |
| This is not strictly an energy related post, but today's post is interesting and important to those of us who are concerned with in health and safety in the workplace, and particularly the beginnings [read more]Friday, 25 March 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| On Thursday, March 17, 2011 Quebec's Minister of Finance, Mr. Raymond Bachand, tabled the province's 2011-2012 Budget. Figuring prominently among the budget's many announcements was the [read more]Monday, 21 March 2011 | Stephan Trudeau |
| The United States Environmental Protection Agency proposed new rules last week which would require the installation of new technology to limit emissions of mercury from coal-fired power plants. The [read more]Monday, 21 March 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| he Alberta government announced this afternoon the details of its new Mine Financial Security Program.
In essence, the new program recognizes for mines that the asset in the ground (bitumen or [read more]Thursday, 17 March 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| June 30, 2011 marks the phase one deadline for certain Toronto business using substances including benzene, formaldehyde, and volatile organic compounds, such as, some solvents used in dry cleaning, [read more]Monday, 14 March 2011 | Sarah Robicheau |
| The National Energy Board announced on Thursday that it had issued a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline project.
This is the latest in a series [read more]Thursday, 10 March 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Quebec's Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks, Mr. Pierre Arcand, today announced the release by the province's environmental assessment commission on the heated topic [read more]Tuesday, 8 March 2011 | Stephan Trudeau |
| Ontario Minister of Energy Brad Duguid announced the appointment of Rosemarie Leclair as Chair and CEO of the ontario Energy Board today. Ms. Leclair replaces Cynthia Chapline, who was appointed Vice-Chair [read more]Friday, 4 March 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| On Thursday, March 3, the Ontario Divisional dismissed Ian Hanna's application for judicial review of provincial regulations that established a minimum setback of 550 meters for wind turbines [read more]Thursday, 3 March 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| Environment Canada has published for comment a proposed order pursuant to which hydrazine would be added to Schedule 1 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act.
The proposal is based on screening [read more]Thursday, 3 March 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| The Alberta Government has proposed substantial amendments to the controversial Alberta Land Stewardship Act. Bill 10, the Alberta Land Stewardship Amendment Act, 2011, received first reading in the [read more]Tuesday, 1 March 2011 | Colin Lipsett |
| The province's statistics institute today unveiled its estimates for 2011, as well as preliminary year-end data for 2010.
In 2010, mining companies invested a record amount of $2.5 billion [read more]Tuesday, 1 March 2011 | Stephan Trudeau |
| On February 17, 2011, Ontario's Minister of Energy Brad Duguid issued three directives that will help shape the planning of generation and transmission in the province for years to come. The three [read more]Tuesday, 1 March 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| On Monday, Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System ("OMERS") confirmed rumours that it would back SNC-Lavalin Group Ltd.'s bid to acquire the commercial business of Atomic Energy [read more]Tuesday, 1 March 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| The Canadian federal government has proposed a regulation under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act which would result in a ban on the manufacture and importation of most products containing [read more]Monday, 28 February 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Following Tuesday's throne speech, the Alberta government released it's 2011-2012 budget on Thursday. The budget has been the source of much anticipation, with the recent announcement by premier [read more]Friday, 25 February 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| The Ontario Power Authority has awarded 40 new contracts for more than 872 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy under the FIT Program. The latest offers follow the completion of the second phase of [read more]Thursday, 24 February 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| The Alberta Department of Municipal Affairs is currently conducting public consultation on proposed changes to the Power Engineers Regulation.
The primary concern which has been expressed to the [read more]Thursday, 17 February 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| The Alberta government (through the Alberta Petroleum Marketing Corporation) has announced that it has signed an agreement with Canadian Natural Resources and North West Upgrading under which the [read more]Wednesday, 16 February 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Davis LLP has just released a new bulletin discussing the following seven changes to Ontario's Feed-in Tariff ("FIT") program:
Removal of off-shore wind power from the FIT;
Extens [read more]Monday, 14 February 2011 |
| Alberta Environment has announced that it has laid charges against Statoil Canada Ltd under the Water Act.
The 19 separate charges relate to allegations by Alberta Environment that, during 2008 [read more]Thursday, 10 February 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| he Ontario Minister of Energy has directed the Ontario Power Authority ("OPA") to undertake a pilot program to sell, track and audit a limited number of environmental attributes ("EA") [read more]Thursday, 10 February 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| The Ontario Minister of Energy has directed the Ontario Power Authority ("OPA") to undertake a pilot program to sell, track and audit a limited number of environmental attributes ("EA") [read more]Thursday, 10 February 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| Having previously decided to exclude commercial aggregators from the microFIT program, the OPA announced on February 1 that it will be introducing a new stream in the Feed-in Tariff ("FIT") [read more]Thursday, 10 February 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| There has been plenty of discussion and opinion in the media over the last day regarding the possible effects of the announced London Stock Exchange - Toronto Stock Exchange merger. Some of that discussion [read more]Wednesday, 9 February 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| The TSX has proposed amendments to Section 319 of the Company Manual which would create a new subcategory of minimum listing requirements for oil & gas development stage companies.
The TSX [read more]Monday, 7 February 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission announced on Friday that it had issued a transport license and certificate to Bruce Power Inc. for the shipment of 16 decommissioned steam generators from the [read more]Monday, 7 February 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| The Ontario Ministry of the Environment will beging charging fees to process applications for Renewable Energy Approvals under the Environmental Protection Act as of March 15, 2011. The details of [read more]Friday, 4 February 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| Capital Power must continue offsetting the emissions of its Genesee 3 coal plant to levels equivalent to those from a natural gas combined cycle power plant. The Alberta Utilities Commission ("AUC" [read more]Monday, 31 January 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| On Monday January 24th, 2011, a panel of Ontario Divisional Court Judges began hearing the case of Hanna v. Minister of the Environment, a legal challenge to the Green Energy Act regulations that [read more]Wednesday, 26 January 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| The BC Ministry of Forests, Mines and Lands has recently released its draft Proposed (Zero Net Deforestation) Implementation Plan which provides objectives, guiding principles and actions to meet [read more]Tuesday, 18 January 2011 | Angeline S.B. Nyce, R.P.F. |
| The Climate Action Secretariat of the Ministry of Environment in collaboration with the Pacific Carbon Trust, the Ministry of Forests, Mines and Lands and the Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and [read more]Friday, 14 January 2011 | Angeline S.B. Nyce, R.P.F. |
| Having received Royal Assent October 25, 2010, the Open for Business Act (the "Act") makes several amendments to the Environmental Protection Act (the "EPA"), the Ontario Water [read more]Wednesday, 8 December 2010 | Sarah Robicheau |
| ubmitted by Sarah Robicheau, Student-at-Law
A proposed Energy-from-Waste facility received Environmental Assessment Act environmental assessment ("EA") approval earlier this month. This [read more]Friday, 26 November 2010 |
| Submitted by Sarah Robicheau, Student-at-Law
On November 23rd, the Ontario legislature passed the Water Opportunities and Water Conservation Act (the "Act").
The Act has two key [read more]Thursday, 25 November 2010 |
| Bill C-300 (the "Bill"), titled An Act Respecting Corporate Accountability for the Activities of Mining, Oil or Gas in Developing Countries, was defeated in the House of Commons on October [read more]Monday, 1 November 2010 |
| Yesterdays cabinet changes separated the policy and administration, research and revenue portfolio of three former ministries (responsible for forests and range; energy, mines and petroleum resources; [read more]Tuesday, 26 October 2010 | Angeline S.B. Nyce, R.P.F. |
| The Ontario government is once again thinking about its long term plans for electricity supply in the province. Continuing a strategy that began with the suspension of the 2007 Integrated Power System [read more]Tuesday, 21 September 2010 | Andrew Lord |
| Davis LLP is attending this year's edition of the World Energy Congress (WEC 2010), taking place in Montreal from September 12 to September 16. This major global energy gathering held internationally [read more]Sunday, 12 September 2010 | Stephan Trudeau |
| As Davis LLP had previously reported, British Columbia's recently enacted Clean Energy Act (the "Act") has set the stage to adopt a Feed-In Tariff program meant to foster the development [read more]Tuesday, 7 September 2010 |
| The Ontario Power Authority announced today that it has finalized a new price category for ground-mounted solar photovoltaic projects under the microFIT program. In what will no doubt be a controversial [read more]Friday, 13 August 2010 | Andrew Lord |
| Plutonic Power Corporation (TSX: PCC) and GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE (NYSE: GE), today announced today that their Toba Montrose General Partnership ("TMGP") has commenced [read more]Monday, 9 August 2010 | Stephan Trudeau |
| As announced late last month, the Ontario Ministry of the Environment is soliciting feedback on a discussion paper regarding the proposed Renewable Energy Approval ("REA") requirements for [read more]Tuesday, 6 July 2010 | Andrew Lord |
| The Ontario Power Authority ("OPA") has proposed a new price of 58.8 ¢/kWh for ground mounted solar photovoltaic systems under 10 kW under the microFIT program. The new price is substantially [read more]Tuesday, 6 July 2010 | Andrew Lord |
| BC's Clean Energy Act received royal assent on June 3, 2010. As previously reported, the Clean Energy Act revamps the province's energy laws to achieve a long list of objectives, including [read more]Monday, 7 June 2010 |
| The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) today released its report entitled International Energy Outlook 2010 (IEO2010). The report consists of the latest edition of the agency's long-term assessment [read more]Tuesday, 25 May 2010 | Stephan Trudeau |
| The Ontario government, through the Ontario Power Authority, recently launched the long-awaited Aboriginal Energy Partnerships Program ("AEPP") and the Community Energy Partnerships Program [read more]Tuesday, 18 May 2010 | Andrew Lord |
| On April 28, the government of British Columbia announced the introduction of a new Clean Energy Act. According to the press release, the Clean Energy Act "sets the foundation for a new future [read more]Tuesday, 4 May 2010 | Andrew Lord |
| Ontario Energy and Infrastructure Minister Brad Duguid and Ontario Power Authority CEO Colin Andersen announced today that the OPA has offered 184 large scale Feed-in Tariff contracts totalling 2,500 [read more]Thursday, 8 April 2010 | Andrew Lord |
| Talisman Energy Inc., Canada's No. 5 independent oil exploration company, announced today that it had agreements to sell properties in Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario to unnamed buyers through [read more]Wednesday, 7 April 2010 | Stephan Trudeau |
| Sea Breeze Power Corp. announced that is has received a 20 year Power Purchase Agreement ("PPA") offer from British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority ("BC Hydro") for power produced [read more]Wednesday, 7 April 2010 | Stephan Trudeau |
| The $200 million project, which remains subject to regulatory approval from the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board, is targeting an in-service date of late 2012. The development entails an investment [read more]Monday, 5 April 2010 | Stephan Trudeau |
| Québec's Minister of Finance, Raymond Bachand, today tabled the province's 2010-2011 Budget. Among the measures that should be of interest to those in the energy world are the following:
S [read more]Tuesday, 30 March 2010 | Stephan Trudeau |
| BC Hydro announced it has selected 19 projects for an award of an electricity purchase agreement in its Clean Power Call: 14 run-of-river hydro and 5 wind projects representing around 900 MW of capacity [read more]Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
| Québec Premier Jean Charest and Vermont Governor Jim Douglas today jointly announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for a 26-year power supply and purchase agreement.
Hydro-Qu& [read more]Thursday, 11 March 2010 | Stephan Trudeau |
| The province of Quebec's Statistical Institute ("QSI") today released its 2009 analysis of mining sector data which confirms that notwithstanding diminished investment, the sector remained [read more]Thursday, 11 March 2010 | Stephan Trudeau |
| Further to our posting this morning about Loblaw's, the Ontario Power Authority ("OPA") offered a total of 510 Feed-in Tariff ("FIT") contracts today. In its press release, [read more]Wednesday, 10 March 2010 | Andrew Lord |
| The Ontario Power Authority ("OPA") awarded its first 100 Feed-in Tariff ("FIT") contracts to Loblaw's this morning. More announcements are expected today and in the coming [read more]Wednesday, 10 March 2010 | Andrew Lord |
| Ontario has been praised internationally for its renewable energy Feed-in Tariff ("FIT"), the first of its kind in North America. If commentators have one reservation, however, it is about [read more]Thursday, 4 March 2010 | Andrew Lord |
| Steven Blaney, Member of Parliament for Lévis-Bellechasse, today announced that the Government of Canada's ecoENERGY for Biofuels program will provide funding of up to $79.75 million over [read more]Tuesday, 2 March 2010 | Stephan Trudeau |
| SDTC now accepting statements of interest for next round of SD Tech Fund funding
Sustainable Technology Development Canada ("SDTC") will be accepting Statements of Interest [read more]Wednesday, 24 February 2010 | Andrew Lord |
| As the U.S. continues to reveal incentives to spur a nuclear renaissance south of the border, officials in Ontario attempt to extend the life of existing reactors. The two sets of policies reveal [read more]Thursday, 18 February 2010 | Andrew Lord |
| Submitted by Grant Boyle
On February 9th BC delivered its Speech from the Throneand continued its rhetorical push to promote renewable energy in the province. Two interesting developments to watch [read more]Wednesday, 10 February 2010 |
| The Toronto Star is reporting that Danish wind turbine giant Vestas may be considering establishing manufacturing facilities in Ontario. Vestas representatives are rumoured to have scouted Hamilton, [read more]Tuesday, 9 February 2010 | Andrew Lord |
| The Ontario Ministry of the Environment has issued a comprehensive guide to navigating the provincial approval process for renewable energy projects. The guide is intended to help project proponents [read more]Thursday, 28 January 2010 | Andrew Lord |
| he Government of Québec yesterday took a concrete step in its plan to develop the province's vast resources situated North of the 49th parallel by holding the first meeting of the Partners' [read more]Wednesday, 27 January 2010 | Stephan Trudeau |
| The details are out. Premier Dalton McGuinty announced today that he has signed an agreement with a consortium led by Samsung C&T Corporation and the Korea Electric Power Corporation that will [read more]Thursday, 21 January 2010 | Andrew Lord |
| Premiers Shawn Graham and Jean Charest today announced the conclusion of negotiations on an energy agreement between the provinces of New Brunswick and Québec. This concludes the discussions [read more]Wednesday, 20 January 2010 | Stephan Trudeau |
| Ontario Premier McGuinty is expected to announce a huge renewable power deal with Koren industrial giant Samsung tomorrow. The deal would see Samsung make substantial investments in the renewable power [read more]Wednesday, 20 January 2010 | Andrew Lord |
| As you hopefully already know, Davis LLP maintains a number of blogs of interest to the Canadian legal and business communities. In the past, we have provided extensive coverage of developments regarding [read more]Wednesday, 20 January 2010 |
| Today, First Nations communities and organizations, the mineral exploration and mining industry and educational and government partners announced the formation of a minerals and mining specific Aboriginal [read more]Tuesday, 19 January 2010 | Stephan Trudeau |
| The BC government has officially embarked on a process of modernizing the provincial Water Act. The existing Act was brought into force in 1909 and is the primary legislation in BC's water governance [read more]Thursday, 14 January 2010 | Angeline S.B. Nyce, R.P.F. |
| "Canada's ecoENERGY Investment in Renewables Pays Off for Taxpayers," declares a new study released by GE Energy Financial Services this week. The study urges the federal government [read more]Thursday, 14 January 2010 | Andrew Lord |
| The Minister of Forests has announced that he intends to introduce two significant changes to forest tenure to provide tenure holders incentive to harvest all the timber in a cutblock: (1) receiving [read more]Wednesday, 13 January 2010 | Angeline S.B. Nyce, R.P.F. |
| On December 31, 2009 the Alberta Utilities Commission ("AUC") gave Greengate Power Corporation ("Greengate") approval to construct and operate its Halkirk I Wind Project pursuant [read more]Tuesday, 12 January 2010 | Stephan Trudeau |
| Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Lisa Raitt and British Columbia Forests and Range Minister Pat Bell today announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the [read more]Monday, 9 November 2009 | Stephan Trudeau |
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The Government of Alberta recently announced its support for the development, by Davis client the Otoka Energy Corporation, of the first of its kind waste-to-energy production facility, [read more]Monday, 19 October 2009 |
| Almost one year ago, British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell announced that the Province would start the environmental assessment process and First Nations consultation on the Northwest Transmission [read more]Thursday, 17 September 2009 | Stephan Trudeau |
| On August 31, 2009, the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) released its annual Facts and Figures 2009 publication. The document's release coincides with the 66th annual Mines Ministers meeting [read more]Monday, 31 August 2009 | Stephan Trudeau |
| The Province of Nova Scotia has recently passed legislation which will apply to Nova Scotia Power Inc. (the company that provides 97 percent of the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity [read more]Friday, 21 August 2009 | Rachel Hamilton |
| As previously noted in our blog, Bill 36, the Alberta Land Stewardship Act, received its third reading on June 2, 2009 and Royal Assent on June 4, 2009. The Act will come into force on Proclamation, [read more]Thursday, 11 June 2009 | Colin Lipsett |
| The Alberta Government's Provincial Energy Strategy, unveiled on December 11, 2008, charts the future of Alberta's global role in energy conservation and production. The Provincial Energy [read more]Thursday, 4 June 2009 | Rachel Hamilton |
| Today, Alberta becomes the first jurisdiction in North America to further encourage the recycling of milk and dairy containers through a deposit on containers. (See our blog)
And Alberta continues [read more]Monday, 1 June 2009 | Debbie Dresen |
| As a result of guilty pleas entered in Alberta and British Columbia on Monday, CN will pay a total of $1.8 million, much of which will directly benefit environmental organizations in those provinces [read more]Wednesday, 27 May 2009 |
| Edmonton is one step closer to having the world's first industrial-scale facility for producing advanced biofuels from municipal solid waste. On April 21, 2009, Alberta Environment issued the [read more]Thursday, 21 May 2009 | Jennifer Cleall |
| In less than 2 weeks Albertans will be paying refundable deposits and non-refundable container recycling fees on milk and other dairy containers as part of an effort to increase recovery rates for [read more]Wednesday, 20 May 2009 | Debbie Dresen |
| On April 27, 2009, the Honourable Ted Morton, Minister of Sustainable Resource Development, tabled Bill 36, the Alberta Land Stewardship Act ("ALSA"). This proposed legislation passed second [read more]Friday, 15 May 2009 | Colin Lipsett |
| Ontario's Environment Minister has approved the Ontario Tire Stewardship's February plan for used tire collection and processing, six years after the filing of Regulation 84/03, designating [read more]Monday, 27 April 2009 | Debbie Dresen |
| Alberta Environment has announced that its climate change program has resulted in a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 6.5 million tonnes. Credited with this change is Alberta's Climate [read more]Wednesday, 22 April 2009 | Colin Lipsett |
| The 2009 G8 Summit will be held on the island of La Maddalena, Italy from July 8 to 10. In the months leading up to the Summit, the host country has organized a series of ministerial meetings, including [read more]Tuesday, 21 April 2009 | Jennifer Cleall |
| British Columbia announced that it is making $1.8 million available through the Brownfield Renewal Funding Program to stimulate development of Brownfields in the Province.
Brownfields are lands [read more]Friday, 17 April 2009 | Jennifer Cleall |
| We have blogged today about the how the Alberta Government has budgeted for Climate Change in its newly released 2009 Budget.
We thought that it might be useful to outline some of the other goals [read more]Wednesday, 8 April 2009 | Jennifer Cleall |
| The Alberta Government announced its 2009 Budget yesterday. Reading through the many pages of the document, it is clear that climate change is a priority for both the Department of Energy and for [read more]Wednesday, 8 April 2009 | Jennifer Cleall |
| The Minister of the Environment, Jim Prentice, issued a statement on March 31, 2009 regarding the release of the audit by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development on the Air [read more]Friday, 3 April 2009 | Rachel Hamilton |
| On March 31, 2009, Ontario Electronic Stewardship announced details of announced details of a program to divert an additional 160,000 tonnes of waste electronics from landfills.
The industry-developed [read more]Friday, 3 April 2009 |
| Canada's Environment Minister, Jim Prentice, announced today that the government will introduce new regulations to limit greenhouse gas emissions from the automotive sector. The new regulations, [read more]Wednesday, 1 April 2009 | Jennifer Cleall |
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