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Ontario IESO Announces A New Process For Dealing With Major Energy Projects

The Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) recently introduced the Major Projects Identification Committees (MPIC) process to keep up with increasing digitization and electricity demand in Ontario.

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Gowling WLG

L’Ontario annonce un processus simplifié pour les grands projets du secteur de l’énergie, dont les centres de données

La Société indépendante d'exploitation du réseau d'électricité de l'Ontario lance un processus de comités d'identification des grands projets pour recenser les projets d'au moins 10 MW et soutenir...

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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Canada’s New Electricity Strategy: Powering An Electrified Future By 2050

The federal government has unveiled a national electricity strategy aimed at doubling Canada's electricity capacity by 2050 while advancing reliability, affordability, competitiveness and decarbonization.

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Ontario’s Water And Wastewater Public Corporation Framework: What Municipalities Need To Know Now

Ontario is fundamentally restructuring water and wastewater service delivery through the Water and Wastewater Public Corporations Act, 2025, moving services from municipal departments into arm's-length public corporations. With the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing now actively soliciting municipal expressions of interest, this framework presents both strategic opportunities and significant governance implications that municipalities must understand and engage with now, even before the legislation...

Canada Real Estate

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WeirFoulds LLP

Family Ties: BC Court Of Appeal Confirms BC Utilities Commission Jurisdiction Over Affiliate Electricity Sales

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Fasken

Building Canada's Digital Backbone: Five Key Strategic Takeaways From Gowling WLG's Montreal Data Centre Roundtable

Canada Technology

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Gowling WLG

Alberta Advances Regulatory Changes To Facilitate Data Centre Development

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Bennett Jones LLP

Powering The Cloud: How Alberta Is Reshaping Its Electricity System For Data Centres

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Gowling WLG

Harvest Sky Solar Farm: Town Of Hanna Successfully Intervenes Before The AUC To Stop A Solar Power Plant

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CLC (Canadian Litigation Counsel)

Dissecting Ontario's Integrated Energy Plan: Challenges And Opportunities For Local Distribution Companies (LDCs)

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Gowling WLG

Observations From Gowling WLG's 2025 Energy Outlook

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Gowling WLG

Power Perspectives: Alberta Regional Overview

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Paving The Way: Alberta Minister Of Affordability And Utilities Tables Bill 52 – Energy And Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2025

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Developments In Alberta's Restructured Energy Market (REM): Removal Of The Day-Ahead Commitment Market And The Day-Ahead Energy Scheduling Market

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

2026 Update On Trends In Indigenous Equity Investments In Canada

Canada Government

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Fasken

Crypto Tax Reporting: Canada vs. U.S. (2026); CRA Digital Asset Rules Compared To IRS Form 1099-DA Reporting

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

International Crypto Fraud Crackdown: How CRA Treats Tax Losses From Crypto Scams In Canada

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

How To Meet The Very High Bar For Establishing And Maintaining Canadian-Controlled Private Corporation (CCPC) Status, Plus Corporate And Tax Implications Of Share Transfer

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Ten Days’ Work For Three Months’ Pay – A Lousy Deal For The Employer

Canada Employment

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CCPartners

Quebec Budget 2025: Major Implications For Public Utility System Operators

On 25 March 2025, the Quebec government tabled the 2025-2026 Budget (Budget). The Budget proposes significant changes...

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Québec Budget 2025: Major Implications For Public Utility System Operators

On 25 March 2025, the Quebec government tabled the 2025-2026 provincial budget. The budget proposes significant changes to the public utilities tax or taxe sur les services publics (TSP)...

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Alberta Issues Directive For Power Regime Overhaul: Fast And Furious Implementation

On December 10, 2024, the Minister of Affordability and Utilities (Minister) issued a direction letter to the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) outlining the Government of Alberta's...

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Bennett Jones LLP

Ontario Measures To Encourage Private Investment Into Electricity Distribution Utilities

Currently, Ontario has approximately 61 municipal electricity utilities (MEUs) that provide local electricity distribution services to municipalities across the province.

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Renewable Virtual Power Purchase Agreements And The Clean Energy Landscape

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

OEB To Review Incremental Capital Module Policy

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Aird & Berlis LLP

The Use Of Holding Companies For Ontario's Municipally Owned Electricity Utilities: Part 1 – What Are They Used For?

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Aird & Berlis LLP

Not So Fast: British Columbia Court Of Appeal Quashes Appeal Outside Its Statutory Jurisdiction In North Vancouver (City) V British Columbia (Utilities Commission)

Canada Litigation

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

OEB Provides Guidance On Consolidations With Release Of Updated 2024 MAADs Handbook

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Aird & Berlis LLP

Os 10 maiores desafios de fazer negócios no Canadá

Canada Commercial

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TMF Group BV

Amping Up The Rules: BC To Regulate Crypto-Mining Electricity Use

Canada Technology

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Reset For Renewables: Nova Scotia Overhauls Energy Regulation And Governance In Advance Of Influx Of Renewable Energy

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Stewart McKelvey

Alberta Announces New Policies For Future Renewable Energy Projects

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Miller Thomson LLP

Renewables Update: Alberta Issues Policy Guidance As Renewable Approvals Suspension Expires

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Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP

Amping Up The Rules: BC To Regulate Crypto-Mining Electricity Use

On May 7, 2024, the Province of British Columbia (the "Province" or "BC") enacted Bill 24, Energy Statutes Amendment Act, 2024, 5th Sess, 42nd Parl, British Columbia, 2024 ("Bill 24"). Upon receiving royal assent on May 16.

Canada Technology

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Reset For Renewables: Nova Scotia Overhauls Energy Regulation And Governance In Advance Of Influx Of Renewable Energy

The Government of Nova Scotia has embarked on a path to dramatically reshape the regulation and governance of the energy sector with the passage of Bill 404, the Energy Reform (2024) Act (the "ERA") on April 4, 2024.

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Stewart McKelvey

Alberta Announces New Policies For Future Renewable Energy Projects

On August 3, 2023, the Government of Alberta enacted the Generation Approvals Pause Regulation, which prohibited the Alberta Utilities Commission ("AUC")...

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Miller Thomson LLP

Renewables Update: Alberta Issues Policy Guidance As Renewable Approvals Suspension Expires

On February 28, 2024, the Minister of Affordability and Utilities (Minister) issued a policy guidance letter to the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC)...

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Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP

Federal Government Proposes Revised Approach To The Draft Clean Electricity Regulations

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Changes To Alberta Utilities Commission Rule 016

On December 14, 2023, the Alberta Utilities Commission ("AUC" or "Commission") released Bulletin 2023-08 announcing amendments to Rule 016: Review of Commission Decisions ("Rule 016").

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McLennan Ross LLP

Update On Alberta's Renewables Pause: Expert Recommendations Provided On Module A Land Impact Issues

The Alberta Utilities Commission's (AUC) government-directed inquiry regarding the key issues of concern with renewable power projects in Alberta (the Inquiry) is underway. See our prior blog post...

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Bennett Jones LLP

The 2023 Fall Economic Statement

On November 21, 2023, Chrystia Freeland, the Deputy Prime Minister and the Federal Minister of Finance, unveiled the 2023 Fall Economic Statement (the "Economic Statement").

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Fasken

Going Nuclear: Updates On Alberta's Continued Pursuit Of Small Modular Reactors

The concept of deploying nuclear reactors as a carbon-free source of energy is gaining momentum in Alberta and elsewhere in Canada. This article explores recent promising developments...

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Bennett Jones LLP

Key Regulatory Considerations For RNG Projects In Alberta

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Bennett Jones LLP

Energy Transition And A Race Against Time: The Ontario Energy Conference

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Alberta Utilities Commission Launches Inquiry Into Electricity Generation

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MLT Aikins LLP

Pause On Renewable Project Approvals Part 2: AUC Launches Inquiry Into Renewable Electricity Development

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

Alberta Utilities Commission Provides Much Needed Update On The Application Review Process During Approval Pause Period

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McLennan Ross LLP

Alberta Suspends Approvals Of Renewable Energy Projects

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Torys LLP

Alberta Government Directs Utilities Commission To Suspend Approvals Of Renewable Energy Projects

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Alberta's Pause On Renewable Projects: What We Know So Far

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Bennett Jones LLP

Government Of Alberta Pauses New Renewable Energy Project Approval

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

With Great Power Over Ratepayers Comes Regulation: BCUC Finds Submetering Provider Is Subject To Regulation As A Public Utility

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Fasken

Easements And Utility Rights Of Way

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CLC (Canadian Litigation Counsel)

Back To The Future: Utility Asset Regulation

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McLennan Ross LLP

Surveying The Canadian Hydrogen Landscape: Recent Developments & Looking Forward

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McMillan LLP

Green Hydrogen: Nova Scotia Leading Legislative Development

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Cox & Palmer

Feds To Introduce Tax Credit For Investments In Nuclear Technology

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MLT Aikins LLP

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Energy Innovators Roundtable Series | Equity, Diversity & Inclusion In The Ontario Energy Sector (Video)

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Gowling WLG

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