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The Great Green North: A Discussion on Canada’s Environmental Regulations
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SaskPower has created a nuclear subsidiary called SaskNuclear to advance the province’s small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear project from a business and regulatory standpoint. SaskPower is planning the development of its first...more
On August 1, 2024, the First Nations Power Authority (FNPA) issued a Request for Supplier Qualifications (RFSQ) for the right to develop a 100 MW Solar Project to be located in South Central Saskatchewan (Project)....more
Ontario recently announced the largest competitive energy procurement in its history. This follows on the heels of its recently completed procurement process that secured nearly 3,000 megawatts (MW) of capacity in the...more
In the inaugural episode of Clean Incentives, hosts Brendan Sigalet and Derrick Osborne, alongside special guests Ashley White and Jason Roth, delve into the myriad of tax incentives available for businesses in Canada, with a...more
In a recent decision made pursuant to section 33 of the Pipeline Act, the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) rejected an application filed by Qualico Developments West Ltd. (Qualico) seeking orders requiring Pembina Pipeline...more
Members of the Bennett Jones' Energy and Energy Regulatory groups attended the Calgary Chamber of Commerce’s recent “Alberta Next Series on Energy and the Environment” event, eager to hear from industry leaders and policy...more
A recent decision out of the Alberta Court of Appeal found that as soon as a company handed over their investigative reports to regulators in connection with a pipeline incident, privilege over the reports was lost....more
Approximately 8,000 delegates (including energy executives, government officials and Indigenous leaders from Canada and around the world) attended the third annual Canadian Hydrogen Convention (CHC) which ran April 23 to 25...more
In Budget 2024, the Government of Canada continued their drive to implement government incentives aimed at decarbonizing the economy through providing further clarification and design details for the Clean Electricity...more
Dans le contexte de la transition énergétique, le gouvernement du Québec a annoncé un projet de règlement pour réserver un bloc d’électricité de 300 MW de source solaire photovoltaïque. L’énergie solaire est considérée par le...more
On June 15, 2023, the Government of British Columbia announced BC Hydro was proceeding with a call for new sources (the Call to Power) of 100 percent clean, renewable emission-free electricity from large-scale projects,...more
At the Independent Power Producers Society of Alberta Annual Conference (IPPSA Conference) this March, the Minister of Affordability and Utilities (the Minister) announced interim measures to address recent electricity market...more
BC Hydro, de concert avec le ministère de l’Énergie, des Mines et de l’Innovation faible en carbone de la Colombie-Britannique, lancera un appel d’offres pour l’achat d’électricité provenant de sources d’énergie renouvelable...more
On March 6, 2024, the Alberta government proclaimed the Electricity Statutes (Modernizing Alberta’s Electricity Grid) Amendment Act, 2022 (ESAA). The ESAA amends associated statutes and regulations such as the Alberta...more
Recent legislative, procurement and governmental updates, including BC Hydro’s upcoming Call for Power and updates to the BC Clean Energy Act will create increased opportunities for renewable energy development in the...more
On February 15, 2024, Bennett Jones' Calgary office welcomed nearly 80 project stakeholders and industry leaders—with hundreds more tuning in online—to talk about Synergy in Energy: Building Effective Indigenous Partnerships....more
BC Hydro, in conjunction with British Columbia’s Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation, will issue a call for power for new sources of renewable, emission-free electricity in spring 2024 (Call for Power). The...more
The topic of renewable energy in Alberta again recently made major headlines across the province and country. As we outlined in our earlier blogs Pause on Renewable Project Approvals Part 1 and Pause on Renewable Project...more
Alberta to Implement New Policies for Renewable Development - Alberta’s pause on issuing approvals for renewable energy projects (Pause) ended on February 29, 2024. Immediately prior, the Alberta government issued a news...more
On February 16, 2024, the Canadian government released an update on the Draft Clean Energy Regulations (Draft CER) and provided some proposed changes in response to the significant feedback affected parties provided on the...more
According to its Electricity Supply Plan 2023-2032 submitted to the Régie de l'énergie at the end of 2022, Hydro-Québec expects growth in electricity demand to continue in Quebec in the next decade by an additional 25...more
On June 15, 2023, the Government of British Columbia announced that BC Hydro would be moving forward with a call for new sources (the Call to Power) of 100 percent clean, renewable emission-free electricity from large-scale...more
On Tuesday, December 20, 2023, the Federal Government delivered an early Christmas gift for clean hydrogen and clean manufacturing related businesses (and tax practitioners) by releasing proposed legislation for the...more
Electricity grid operators across the country continue to announce expanded procurements for non-emitting electricity to ensure supply adequacy in a transforming energy landscape. These announcements continue procurement...more
While Canadian M&A activity continued to lag in 2023 as compared to 2021 and early 2022 in terms of transaction value and volume, as reflected in a significant downturn in exits in Q3, there remain a number of reasons for...more