Distributed Energy Resources (DER) and Energy Storage in Capacity Markets: Experience from the US and Implications for Ontario's Incremental Capacity Auction A Capacity Market (CM) is a market that procures electricity generation capacity through a competitive bidding process. They initially arose as a solution to reliability and revenue sufficiency concerns in the late 1990's in […]
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Towards Decentralized Power Systems: Market & Regulatory Frameworks for Ontario
Towards Decentralized Power Systems: Market & Regulatory Frameworks for Ontario This MRP is about the sustainability transition of Ontario’s electricity system. A sustainability transition is understood as a type of purposive socio-technical transition, which is meant to address some normative goal rather than to exploit commercial opportunity.
The Intersection of the Environment and Niche Technology: A Cross-Jurisdictional Analysis of the Integration of Energy Storage Technologies in North America
The Intersection of the Environment and Niche Technology: A Cross-Jurisdictional Analysis of the Integration of Energy Storage Technologies in North America The purpose of this paper is to identify regulatory and market barriers to energy storage as a model for the adoption of future sustainable energy technologies in Ontario. This paper examines current barriers and […]
Overview of Canada’s Legislative and Regulatory Systems and their Impact on Community Energy Planning
Overview of Canada’s Legislative and Regulatory Systems and their Impact on Community Energy Planning The need to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and deal with the impacts of climate change has driven the development and implementation of community energy plans. Today, more than 200 communities across Canada, representing over 50% of the population, have an […]
Ontario's hydro: some unwelcome truths
Mark Winfield, in Policy Options "With the announcement in late April by Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford of his plan to reduce hydro rates, electricity costs have emerged as a central question in the upcoming Ontario election. However, Ford’s less-than-one-page solution has the potential to make the situation worse than ever. An effective long-term […]
No good can come from panicking over Trans Mountain
By Mark Winfield, in Policy Options "Since early April, the concerns over the fate of the expansion of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline in the face of the British Columbia government’s objections have been elevated to the level of a constitutional and political crisis, driven by an artificial deadline set by the pipeline’s Houston-based owner. […]
The pitfalls of short-circuited project reviews
By Mark Winfield, in Policy Options "Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Dwight Ball announced in late November a public inquiry into how the economically disastrous Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project was approved. In reality, there is little mystery. The project was strongly supported by the governments of former premiers Danny Williams and Kathy Dunderdale. A very limited […]
The Sustainable Energy Initiative & MES/JD Program Present:
The Sustainable Energy Initiative & MES/JD Program Present: The Federal Environmental and Regulatory Review Process: A Panel Discussion on Legislative Reform Wednesday, 01 Nov 2017 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
The Federal Environmental and Regulatory Review Process: A Panel Discussion on Legislative Reform
The Sustainable Energy Initiative & MES/JD Program Presents - The Federal Environmental and Regulatory Review Process: A Panel Discussion on Legislative Reform. Panelists include: Emma Lui: Council of Canadians, Rick Lindgren: Canadian Environmental Law Association, Anna Johnston: West Coast Environmental Law, Erin Flanagan: Pembina Institute, Martin Olszynksi: University of Calgary, Faculty of Law The event […]
The Federal Environmental and Regulatory Review Processes: Integration or Disconnection?
In June of 2016 the Trudeau government announced a review of the federal environmental and regulatory review processes, as revised through the Harper government's Bills C-38 and C-45. Since then four separate review processes have been set in motion. Expert panels have been established to review the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) and the Role […]
