The Ontario Energy Board (the "OEB" or the "Board") has issued a groundbreaking decision on the use of distributed energy resources ("DERs") to enhance distribution reliability in Indigenous and northern/remote communities. 

On Thursday, March 7, 2019, the Board is...

The Ontario Energy Board (the "Board") today announced that it has adopted new performance standards for processing rate applications. The new standards take effect April 1, 2019 and seek to better reflect the time the Board requires to process an application. The new...

Lawyered, The Podcast chats this week with Lisa DeMarco about the reform of the National Energy Board, the Ontario Fair Hydro Plan, and First Nations engagement on energy projects. 

Listen at this link. 

For further information, please contact Lisa DeMarco at lisa@demarc...

Proposed Legislation Would Establish Impact Assessment Agency 

The Government of Canada has put forward new legislation proposing significant changes to environmental assessment rules. The federal government announced that it will introduce new rules for the review of m...

Officials from Alberta and Saskatchewan today articulated the part renewable energy would play in their energy systems moving forward at the 2018 Renewable Energy Finance Summit in Calgary.

Alberta’s Minister of Environment and Parks, Shannon Phillips, noted that the pr...

U.S. President Donald J. Trump approved tariffs on imported solar energy components and large washing machines Monday, January 22, 2018, in an effort to buoy U.S. manufacturers.

Mr. Trump approved recommendations by the U.S. International Trade Commission to impose the...

Ontario's Ministry of Government and Consumer Services (MGCS) released a highly anticipated regulatory proposal  on December 1, 2017 seeking public comment on proposed amendments to O. Reg. 48/01 under the Condominium Act, 1998 S.O. 1998, c. 19 (Condo Act). MGCS is pro...

DeMarco Allan LLP, with a team composed of Robert Eberschlag, Travis Allan and Jonathan McGillivray, acted as legal counsel to Kontrol Energy Corp. ("Kontrol") in its acquisition of Efficiency Engineering Inc., a provider of detailed energy efficiency analysis, energy...

The Province of Ontario yesterday launched the Green Ontario Fund (the Fund), an agency of the government required by law to invest the proceeds from Ontario's carbon market into programs that reduce greenhouse gas emissions from industry and buildings. The Fund initia...

Ontario's Ministry of Municipal Affairs (MMA) is seeking input on proposed changes to Ontario's Building Code targeted at increasing electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in new multi-unit residential buildings (MURBs). The consultation also covers changes targ...