To help energy industry players and their legal advisors understand the key provisions of, and opportunities arising from the Act and the regulations, Osgoode Professional Development has developed this comprehensive program with the key regulatory and industry players. It will provide not only an analysis of the key features of the regulations but also the business and legal implications that you need to consider to steer your client’s renewable energy project through to successful completion under the new rules. Topics include:
- Understanding the new regulatory framework
- Key issues which need to be addressed to move projects forward
- The new mandate and objectives of the Ontario Energy Board
- The evolving role of the Ontario Power Authority in emerging issues such as the ‘smart grid’, carbon mitigation and bio-energy
- Generation procurements through standard offer, competitive or bilateral commitments
- How the collection, use and disclosure of personal information on the ‘smart grid’ can lead to privacy concerns
- Changes to Ontario’s environmental and municipal approval process
- New exemptions for renewable energy projects under the Environmental Protection Act
- Opportunities for First Nations re: generation and transmission of renewable energy
- Creation of renewable energy cooperatives
Colin Andersen, CEO, Ontario Power Authority
The Honourable Howard I. Wetston, QC, Chair & Chief Executive Officer
Ontario Energy Board
Ken Anderson, Assistant Commissioner (Privacy), Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario
George Vegh, Counsel, McCarthy Tétrault LLP
OPD Program Lawyer
Bill Luby
wluby@osgoode.yorku.ca |
