Category Archives: Energy

Filling the Gap: The Proposed “Disposition of Regulated Property Regulation”

Disposition of Regulated Property Regulation (Draft) AR 4570 Draft DRReg 2010 03 31 (available by Email request) PDF version: Filling the Gap: The Proposed “Disposition of Regulated Property Regulation” On March 31, 2010 the Alberta government issued a draft regulation … Continue reading

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The fat lady is singing: ATCO Gas and Pipelines Ltd. v. Alberta (Utilities Commission)

Case considered: ATCO Gas and Pipelines Ltd. v. Alberta (Utilities Commission), 2009 ABCA 246 PDF version: The fat lady is singing: ATCO Gas and Pipelines Ltd. v. Alberta (Utilities Commission) The ongoing saga of the Alberta Utilities Commission’s treatment of … Continue reading

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A Rock and a Hard Place? A False Dilemma

Case considered: ATCO Gas and Pipelines Ltd. v. Alberta (EUB), 2009 ABCA 171 PDF version: A Rock and a Hard Place? A False Dilemma In response to the hand-wringing of my colleague Prof. Alice Woolley in her post on this … Continue reading

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A Rock and a Hard Place

Case considered: ATCO Gas and Pipelines Ltd. v. Alberta (Energy and Utilities Board), 2009 ABCA 171 PDF version: A Rock and a Hard Place In its 2006 decision in ATCO Gas and Pipelines Ltd. v. Alberta (Energy and Utilities Board), … Continue reading

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TransCanada’s Alberta Pipeline System now under federal regulatory authority

Cases Considered: National Energy Board, Reasons for Decision, TransCanada PipeLines Limited, GH-5-2008, Jurisdiction and Facilities, February 2008 (posted to the NEB website February 26, 2009) PDF Version:  TransCanada’s Alberta Pipeline System now under federal regulatory authority It’s official. The intra-provincial … Continue reading

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