On March 21, 2025, Prime Minister Carney announced important changes to the federal Indigenous Loan Guarantee Program (Program). The Government of Canada doubled funding for the Program from C$5billion to C$10 billion and...more
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
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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
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
It has been a defining month for nuclear power's role in a net zero world. On the second day of the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in the United Arab Emirates, the International Atomic Energy Agency...more
In 2016, the Province of Alberta passed the Renewable Electricity Act, cementing its commitment to increasing the amount of green energy produced in Alberta, with a goal of 30 percent of Alberta's electricity coming from...more
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 in this space and discusses some of the...more
A key component to the success of any RNG project is ensuring there is a regulatory plan established at the outset.
Industrial Approval -
While Alberta does not currently have a legislative framework that is specific...more
On the fourth and final day of the 2023 World Petroleum Congress in Calgary, Bennett Jones' Shawn Munro and Luke Morrison spoke with conference attendees about biofuels and renewable natural gas (RNG) from both regulatory and...more
The 2023 Canadian Hydrogen Convention (CHC) recently took place in Edmonton, Alberta, bringing together over 8,000 industry leaders, stakeholders and government officials from across Canada and around the world. CHC 2023 sent...more
Momentum in the global hydrogen market continued to pick up at the recently completed COP27 climate summit in Egypt. Deals and partnerships were announced throughout the conference by governments and private...more
On October 25, 2022, the Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) announced it is investing $970 million towards Canada’s first small modular reactor (SMR). The agreement with Ontario Power Generation (OPG) supports the development...more
Nearly a year ago, the Government of Alberta announced its new Liability Management Plan. Through this plan, the Alberta Government provided the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) with additional tools to ensure that sites are...more
Recent information provided by the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) in its Licensee Capability Assessment: What We Heard document and draft Licensee Life-Cycle Management Directive (Draft LLCM Directive) provides guidance for...more
On April 7, 2021, the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) released a revised Directive 067: Eligibility Requirements for Acquiring and Holding Energy Licenses and Approvals, which is designed to enhance its ability to ensure that...more
This is the second in a two-part series on wellsite repurposing projects in the Canadian oilpatch. Part one looked at the background and advantages of repurposing projects....more
This is the first in a two-part series on wellsite repurposing projects in the Canadian oilpatch. Part one provides background and context to the emergence of repurposing projects. Part two will look at challenges,...more
Setting a New Standard -
Alberta PowerLine (APL) is a partnership between Canadian Utilities Limited (CU), an ATCO company, and Quanta Services. APL was selected in 2014 to design, build, own and operate the $1.6-billion...more
The Canadian Energy Law Foundation (CELF) held its Annual Jasper Research Seminar in mid-June, the 56th year this world class event has been held in Alberta. Energy practitioners presented on critical legal issues in the...more