JANUARY 2024
When Housing Policy meets the Energy Regulator: Understanding the Minister of Energy’s Decision to Effectively Overrule the Ontario Energy Board
Adam Fremeth and Brandon Schaufele
This Policy Brief provides an in-depth discussion of the Government's decision to override the OEB in the recent Enbridge Gas decision
JUNE 2021
Investment in Canada's Clean Technology Sector
Jiya Hai, Guy Holburn, Sorena Rahi and Brian Rivard
This Policy Brief provides an in-depth assessment of the climate for investment in clean energy technology industries in Canada based on data from an extensive survey of senior energy sector executives conducted by the Ivey Energy Policy and Management Centre at Ivey Business School.
DECEMBER 2020
Energy in Canada: A Statistical Overview
Ramin Alahdad, Jiya Hai, Guy Holburn and Brian Rivard
This Policy Brief is an update of our 2016 Brief with the same title, and offers a statistical overview of the key contributions of the energy sector to Canada’s economy. The Brief also provides statistics on the energy industries’ progress in lowering production emission intensity in recognition of Canada’s net-zero emissions goal.
JULY 2020
The Investment Climate for Canada’s Energy Sector
Guy Holburn and Brian Rivard
This report assesses the investment climate for Canada’s electricity, gas, oil, and pipeline industries, based on responses from 260 senior energy sector executives to an online survey conducted by the Ivey Energy Centre towards the end of 2019. The goal of the survey was to better understand what factors are driving energy companies’ investment decisions and how Canada compares to other countries.
JUNE 2020
Regulating Induced Emissions from Pipelines
Adam Fremeth and Brandon Schaufele
Historically, impact assessments for pipelines focused on factors such as safety and the prospect of spills. The regulatory process did not explicitly consider CO2e emissions. This has changed with the passage of Bill C-69. This Policy Brief outlines one potential framework for regulating induced emissions from future oil and gas pipelines.
MARCH 2017
Risks and Costs of Regulatory Permit Applications in Canada’s Pipeline Sector
Guy Holburn and Margaret Loudermilk
This report provides preliminary results from a new program of research that investigates the impact of the current regulatory and political approvals processes for major hydrocarbon infrastructure projects on the investment environment for project developers.
JULY 2016
An Economic Analysis of New Upstream Emissions Requirements for Pipeline Approvals
Brandon Schaufele
New regulations announced by the federal government require the National Energy Board to consider the quantity of direct and upstream greenhouse gas emissions when evaluating pipeline projects. Technical Appendix.
JANUARY 2016
Energy in Canada: A Statistical Overview
Adam Fremeth, Guy Holburn and Margaret Loudermilk
It is well known that energy industries are major contributors to Canada’s economy, and today Canada is one of the world’s leading energy economies. This fact is quickly illustrated by headline statistics: Canada is the world’s 3rd largest exporter of electricity, 5th largest exporter of natural gas, 7th largest exporter of crude oil, and 8th largest exporter of refined petroleum products.
OCTOBER 2014
Trends in Academic Research on Canadian Energy Policy, 2000-2012
Anisha George, Guy Holburn and Margaret Loudermilk
The energy sector plays a critical role in Canada's economy at both the national and provincial levels. This report provides a review of the current state of Canadian energy policy research in academic literature.
SEPTEMBER 2014
The Duty to Consult and Accommodate Aboriginal Groups in Canada
Brandon Schaufele, Guy Holburn, Margaret Loudermilk and Andre Wilkie
Many projects in extractive and infrastructure industries such as electricity, oil, gas, mining, and pipelines are situated on lands used by Aboriginal peoples. New research by Energy Centre Research Director Margaret Loudermilk, Associate Professor Guy Holburn, and André Wilkie, Associate at The Boston Consulting Group, addresses the legislation and landmark court cases surrounding this issue.
