Canada: Utilities

Osler's Legislative Update is a bi-weekly listing of new legislation. This issue covers legislation for the period 07/09 to 07/22.

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.

Québec has unveiled its first fully integrated long-term energy planning framework through 2050, targeting approximately $87 billion in investments and nearly 150 TWh of new renewable energy capacity. The province's Integrated Energy Resource Management Plan establishes sequenced milestones for electricity generation, bioenergy expansion, hydrogen development, and grid infrastructure while repositioning regulatory mandates to align tariff-setting and procurement with decarbonization objectives.

As digital transformation accelerates for businesses, individuals and governments, the right infrastructure is becoming critical to support the technology on which the world relies.

On December 11, 2025, two bills addressing data centre development in the province received Royal Assent...

On December 11, 2025, Alberta enacted a coordinated set of legislative measures to respond to the rapid growth of large-scale data centres and their impact on the provincial electricity system.

On May 7, 2024, the Province of British Columbia (the "Province" or "BC") enacted Bill 24, Energy Statutes Amendment Act, 2024, 5th Sess, 42nd Parl, British Columbia, 2024 ("Bill 24"). Upon receiving royal assent on May 16.

The Government of Nova Scotia has embarked on a path to dramatically reshape the regulation and governance of the energy sector with the passage of Bill 404, the Energy Reform (2024) Act (the "ERA") on April 4, 2024.

On August 3, 2023, the Government of Alberta enacted the Generation Approvals Pause Regulation, which prohibited the Alberta Utilities Commission ("AUC")...