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Nearly two years after receiving Royal Assent, the Government of Alberta proclaimed the Electricity Statutes Modernizing Alberta s Electricity Grid Amendment Act the Act on March 6, 2024. The Act, formerly Bill 22, received Royal Assent May 31, 2022, but proclamation was delayed until the related regulations were developed and came into force. The Act amends key legislation including the Alberta Utilities Commission Act, the Electric Utilities Act and the Hydro and Electric Energy Act. Important supporting regulatory amendments include the updated Hydro and Electric Energy Regulation and the Transmission Amendment Regulation. ....
On February 16, 2024, the Canadian government released an update on the Draft Clean Energy Regulations Draft CER and provided some proposed changes in response to the significant feedback affected parties provided on the Draft CER. For background on the Draft CER, see our previous blog post, Federal Government Asserts Jurisdiction over Electricity in New Draft Regulations. ....
Electric grid operators across the country continue to announce expanded procurements for non-emitting electricity to ensure supply adequacy in a transforming energy landscape. These announcements continue procurement trends from recent years as provinces turn to private developers to meet growing demands for electricity supply and storage while aiming to achieve aggressive carbon emissions reductions targets. ....
As leaders around the world gathered at the 28th meeting of Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change COP28, the Federal Government released details for a number of policy initiatives targeting greenhouse gas emissions GHGs or emissions in the oil and gas sector, including proposed amendments to federal methane regulations and a federal framework for an oil and gas emissions cap. ....
In 2004, Alberta s Transmission Regulation established the framework for the planning and development of Alberta s electricity transmission infrastructure. Its intent was to attract new generation, increase competition, and serve expected increases in load. The regulation has remained largely unchanged since 2004. Meanwhile, the electricity system has experienced significant changes in part due to the dramatic increase in the amount of intermittent renewable power generation facilities connecting to the grid. ....