electricity
Alberta’s wholesale electricity market turns 25 years old this month and the competitive retail market reaches a somewhat more youthful 20-year milestone. I am not aware of any official celebrations to commemorate these events but nonetheless will raise a glass to what has proved an interesting journey, and while not without its issues, it […]
On July 24, 2019 the Government of Alberta announced an end to plans for Alberta’s electricity market to include a “capacity market” and instead stick with the existing “energy-only” framework that has been in place since 2000. Plans for the capacity market were well advanced with the first capacity auction due next year. The […]
The new Ford government has been quick to make a mark on the environmental policy landscape in Ontario. A few days after his swearing-in, he followed through on his promise to end the province’s cap-and-trade program (which puts the new Conservative government at odds with the federal Liberal goal to impose a carbon price on […]