Energy

06 Nov A Better PACE for Alberta: ELC recommends law reforms to increase financing and flexibility of Alberta’s Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) programs

Posted at 21:48h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Energy, Municipal Government Act, Solar by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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Since 2018, Alberta has had legislation which supports PACE programming via the Clean Energy Improvements Regulation (CEIP Regulation) and amendments to the Municipal Government Act (MGA).[1] The amendments to the...

25 May The Next Government needs to address Alberta’s Fossil Fuel Liabilities Part 2

Posted at 16:50h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Energy, Polluter Pays by Brenda Heelan Powell 1 Comment

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The Next Government needs to address Alberta’s Fossil Fuel Liabilities Part 2: Oil Sands Fluid Tailings Management Part 1 of this blog (see here) looked at the end of life environmental liabilities...

24 May The Next Government needs to address Alberta’s Fossil Fuel Liabilities Part 1

Posted at 18:35h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Energy, Polluter Pays by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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The Next Government needs to address Alberta’s Fossil Fuel Liabilities Part 1: Management of Liabilities, Orphans and Post-closure Sites The management of oil and gas liability in Alberta is not working. Estimates...

17 Apr The Environment & The Constitution Series: Interprovincial Matters and Impact Assessment

Posted at 20:55h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Constitution, Energy, Pollution & Emissions by Rebecca Kauffman 0 Comments

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The Environment & The Constitution Series: Interprovincial Matters and Impact Assessment AN ELC REPORT SERIES The ELC is pleased to present a series of reports and webinars in relation to the constitutional challenges...

16 Mar The Environment & The Constitution Series: Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Toxic Substances

Posted at 19:13h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Constitution, Energy, Pollution & Emissions by Rebecca Kauffman 0 Comments

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The Environment & The Constitution Series: GHGs and Toxic Substances AN ELC REPORT SERIES The ELC is pleased to present a series of reports and webinars in relation to the constitutional challenges...

01 Sep Updates to Alberta’s Geothermal Resource Regulatory System

Posted at 18:05h in Climate and Energy, Energy, Geothermal by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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Updates to Alberta’s Geothermal Resource Regulatory System Alberta’s system for regulating geothermal resources is relatively new and continues to be augmented. This summer, the Alberta Energy Regulator (the AER) finalized Directive...

13 Jan The Geothermal Resource Development Act is now in force

Posted at 19:03h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Energy, Geothermal by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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The Geothermal Resource Development Act, along with the Geothermal Resource Development Regulation and Geothermal Resource Tenure Regulation, is now in force In December of 2021, we published a brief examining Liability...

16 Dec Still simmering… Alberta’s geothermal resources development regulatory scheme

Posted at 15:49h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Energy, Geothermal by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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Still simmering… Alberta’s geothermal resources development regulatory scheme At the end of 2020, the Geothermal Resources Development Act (GRDA) was passed although it has not yet been proclaimed into force. The...

14 Dec Policy Tools to Support Geothermal Resource Development

Posted at 18:56h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Energy, Geothermal by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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Policy Tools to Support Geothermal Resource Development Geothermal energy - that is, the heat energy generated and stored in the earth – has great potential as a relatively clean energy source....

09 Dec Managing oil and gas liability in Alberta: Changes are being made (kind of)

Posted at 18:28h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Energy, Geothermal by Brenda Heelan Powell 2 Comments

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Managing oil and gas liability in Alberta: Changes are being made (kind of) In July 2020, the Government of Alberta announced a new Liability Management Framework (LMF) which briefly sketched out...

02 Dec Action on Climate Needed Now!

Posted at 21:31h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Energy, Sustainable Communities by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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Action on Climate Needed Now! The Commissioner of Environment and Sustainable Development releases his Fall 2021 Report Since 1995, the Office of the Auditor General of Canada has a mandate related to...

03 Sep Geothermal Resource Development in Alberta: The ELC’s comments on the Alberta Energy Regulator’s proposed directive

Posted at 14:41h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Energy, Geothermal by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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Geothermal Resource Development in Alberta: The ELC’s comments on the Alberta Energy Regulator’s proposed directive At the end of last year, the provincial government passed The Geothermal Resource Development Act (GRDA) which...