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The Conservative government of Canada’s energy province is promising to inaugurate a new era of efficient regulation — by going back to the approach taken in its formative times. After 12 years of a forced marriage, Alberta’s natural gas, oil and power watchdogs will regain their former stature as two separate agencies responsible for supply development and protecting consumers.

The Conservative government of Canada’s energy province is promising to inaugurate a new era of efficient regulation — by going back to the approach taken in its formative times. After 12 years of a forced marriage, Alberta’s natural gas, oil and power watchdogs will regain their former stature as two separate agencies responsible for supply development and protecting consumers.

FERC has denied the Canadian province of New Brunswick’s request to suspend processing of the applications to build the Quoddy Bay and Downeast liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals in Maine and associated pipeline projects.

FERC Friday denied the Canadian province of New Brunswick’s request to suspend processing of the applications to build the Quoddy Bay and Downeast liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals in Maine and associated pipeline projects.

Coming as part of Ontario’s push for more green power generation, the province announced last week that its electricity grid will soon get a boost from 14 new renewable energy projects, one of which will become North America’s largest solar farm.

Acknowledging that Nova Scotia has work to do if its waters are to ever be considered a world class attraction for exploration and production companies, the regulator of the province’s offshore petroleum industry announced changes to make the region more enticing.

Acknowledging that Nova Scotia has work to do if its waters are to ever be considered a world class attraction for exploration and production companies, the regulator of the province’s offshore petroleum industry announced changes to make the region more enticing.

A new contender has stepped forward to help complement the ever dwindling conventional natural gas supplies in the main Canadian producing province of Alberta — coal gasification, on a large scale.

The British Columbia (BC) Utilities Commission has agreed to open a portion of the province’s residential natural gas market to competition, allowing homeowners to sign long-term fixed price contracts for natural gas with companies other than Terasen Gas. The company filed its unbundling proposal with regulators in April (see NGI, April 24).