Category Archives: Land Use

How Land Use Issues Factor into Alberta Utilities Commission Reviews of Renewable Energy Power Plants

Posted on December 1, 2023 by Michael Wenig

By: Michael Wenig Matter Commented On: Land use issues in the AUC’s “Inquiry into the ongoing economic, orderly and efficient development of electricity generation in Alberta – Module A” PDF Version: How Land Use Issues Factor into Alberta Utilities Commission … Continue reading →

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The AER Does Not Have the Jurisdiction to Consider New Coal Applications for the Grassy Mountain Coal Deposit

Posted on October 13, 2023 by Nigel Bankes

By: Nigel Bankes Matter commented on: Applications by Northback Holdings Corporation for a Coal Exploration Program on the Grassy Mountain Coal Deposit, including Application Number 1948547, Deep Drilling Permit PDF Version: The AER Does Not Have the Jurisdiction to Consider … Continue reading →

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The Crown Pore Space Lease and Pore Space Unit Agreement

Posted on September 27, 2023 by Nigel Bankes

By: Nigel Bankes Documents commented on: The Crown Pore Space Lease and Pore Space Unit Agreement PDF Version: The Crown Pore Space Lease and Pore Space Unit Agreement As I discussed in my last ABlawg post the Government of Alberta … Continue reading →

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Sometimes it is Completely Irrelevant Whether or not a Royalty Interest Amounts to an Interest in Land

Posted on August 28, 2023 by Nigel Bankes

By: Nigel Bankes Case commented on: Enerplus Corporation v Harvest Operations Corp, 2021 ABQB 634 (CanLII), appeal dismissed, 2023 ABKB 482 (CanLII) PDF Version: Sometimes it is Completely Irrelevant Whether or not a Royalty Interest Amounts to an Interest in … Continue reading →

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Conflict in Paradise

Posted on August 3, 2023 by Nigel Bankes

By: Nigel Bankes Decisions Commented On:  (1) AUC Decision 27589-D01-2023, Nova Solar G.P. Inc. and AltaLink Management Ltd., Nova Solar Power Plant and Transmission Connection, July 19, 2023; and (2) AUC letter decision on standing, October 31, 2022 (AUC’s Standing … Continue reading →

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