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Link to Decision Summarized Download Summary in PDF Appeal – Standard of Review What standard of review applies when we determine whether a regulation is established within the scope of the enabling legislation? The reasonableness standard set out in Canada (Minister...
Link to Decision Summarized Download Summary in PDF Appeal – Production of Records Application Michael Judd ("Appellant") appealed a decision by the Alberta Energy Regulator (“AER”) that denied his pre-hearing motion in a regulatory appeal of a pipeline licence issued...
Link to Decision Summarized Download Summary in PDF Administrative Law – Judicial Review v. Statutory Appeal Application Ummugulsum Yatar (“Ms. Yatar”) contested the denial of her insurance benefits, following an accident in 2010. After having her application...
Link to Decision Summarized Appeal - Procedural Fairness Appeal This was an appeal by AltaLink Management Ltd. (“AML”), ATCO Electric Ltd. (“AE”), ENMAX Power Corp. (“ENMAX”) and EPCOR Distribution and Transmission Inc. (“EDTI”) from the AUC’s decision to eliminate...
Link to Decision Summarized Reasonable Care and Measures Order - Appeal Application AlphaBow Energy Ltd. (“AlphaBow”) applied to the Alberta Court of Appeal (“ABCA”) for permission to appeal a suspension order issued by the Alberta Energy Regulator (“AER”) on June 5,...
Link to Decision Summarized Oil – Judicial Review/Appeal Appeal This was an appeal by the Alberta Minister of Energy (“Minister” or “Appellant”) from an Alberta Court of King’s Bench order on judicial review. The judicial review judge quashed the Minister’s screening...
Link to Decision Summarized Permission to Appeal Application AlphaBow Energy Ltd. (“AlphaBow”) applied for permission to appeal a decision of the AER that dismissed its request to stay a reasonable care and measures order (“RCAM Order”) issued by the AER. AlphaBow...
Link to Decision Summarized Oil/Gas - Water – Permission to Appeal Application TransAlta Corporation (“TransAlta”) brought three applications for permission to appeal decisions of the Alberta Energy Regulator (“AER”). Decision The two applications for permission to...
Link to Decision Summarized Electricity - Stay Application Application AlphaBow asked the AER to grant it a regulatory appeal of a decision issued by the AER (the “Decision”), and a stay of portions of the order following the Decision. The AER dismissed AlphaBow’s...
Link to Decision Summarized Electricity - Review and Variance Application Members of the Concerned Cypress County Owners Group (“CCCOG”) applied for review and variance of Decision 27240-D01-2023 (the “Decision”) regarding ENGIE Development Canada GP Inc. ("ENGIE”)’s...
Link to Decision Summarized Rates - Stranded Assets Application ATCO Electric Ltd. (“AE”) appealed AUC Decision 21609-D01-2019 regarding ATCO Electric Ltd., Z Factor Adjustment for the 2016 Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Wildfire (the “Decision”). In the...
Link to Decision Summarized Permission to Appeal - Jurisdiction Application Ranchland (Municipal District No. 66) applied for permission to appeal a decision made by the AER. The application for permission to appeal raised the question of whether the Alberta Court of...
Link to Decision SummarizedControl of Licensee - Time of Failure to Comply with Order - S. 106 Order In this decision the AER revoked the declarations made under section 106(1) of the Oil and Gas Conservation Act (“OGCA”) naming Darren O’Brien and Jeffrey Young...
Link to Decision SummarizedMunicipal Law - Real Property - Reasonable Apprehension of Bias In this decision, the ABCA allowed an application for the admission for fresh evidence and allowed the appeal by Chloe Cartwright (the “Appellant”) from the Decision of The...
Link to Decision SummarizedLeave to Appeal - Decommissioning - Pipelines - Jurisdiction In this decision, the City of Coquitlam (“City”) obtained leave to appeal a reconsideration decision (the “Reconsideration Decision”) of the British Columbia Utilities Commission...
Link to Decision SummarizedRegulatory Appeal AER In this decision, the AER considered the requests of Werner Ambros and Sharon Ambros (the “Ambroses”) under section 38 of the Responsible Energy Development Act (“REDA”) for regulatory appeals of the AER’s decisions to...
The ABCA granted CNRL and Shell leave to appeal.