Canada: Energy Law

L'Alberta établit un nouveau cadre réglementaire pour le raccordement des centres de données au réseau électrique provincial, créant deux catégories distinctes : les centres dotés d'installations dédiées et ceux raccordés temporairement. Ce règlement pionnier pourrait servir de modèle à d'autres provinces canadiennes cherchant à équilibrer croissance économique et fiabilité du réseau.

Northwestern Alberta municipalities are positioning themselves to attract nuclear energy investment as the province develops its nuclear policy framework. The Peace Regional Energy Alliance has released a position paper advocating for the Peace Region to become Alberta's preferred location for future nuclear projects, emphasizing regional advantages and the importance of building social license through public engagement and Indigenous consultation.

Canada, Alberta and the Oil Sands Alliance have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding that integrates emissions reductions, oil sands production growth and export infrastructure development into a unified policy framework. The agreement positions the Pathways Plus carbon capture and storage project as the centrepiece, targeting infrastructure operations by 2032 and broader completion by 2035, while establishing fiscal incentives and regulatory streamlining measures to support major resource development.

Alberta’s new Data Centre Regulation (Regulation) makes significant headway for connecting data centres to the province’s electricity transmission grid, while marking a departure from certain long-standing regulatory principles. The Regulation reflects the bespoke considerations governments must balance when evaluating digital infrastructure connections and may inform approaches in other provinces.

On June 9, 2026, Alberta filed the Data Centre Regulation (Regulation),[1] creating a new framework for how data centres may connect to and operate within the province’s electricity system.

Canadian critical minerals projects are increasingly relevant within international discourse on strengthened supply chains, reduced dependencies, and ensured access to resources for clean energy...

Green Rise Foods Inc. v. N.V. Hagelunie, 2026 ONCA 334, is a recent decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal about insurance coverage for a business loss caused by a series of related events.

Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) has launched a major projects identification committee (MPIC) process for identifying large (10 megawatt or greater) projects. The MPIC is designed to support the provincial government’s latest integrated energy plan, which forecasts significant growth in electricity demand up to 2050. The MPIC webpage can be found here. The IESO will schedule a follow-up webinar in Q3 to provide relevant updates on the MPIC process and discuss progress to date.

La Cour suprême de la Colombie-Britannique a confirmé que les engagements convenus en matière de consultation peuvent déterminer la portée requise d’une consultation.