The appeal by a pipeline owner (“TransCanada”) from a decision of the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (the “Board”) concluding that the Board had jurisdiction over the pipeline because the pipeline supplied gas to or for the public, was dismissed where the Court found that the Gas Utilities Act provided the Board with the power to conduct an investigation of any matter concerning a gas utility

27. May 2008 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Energy and Utilities Board – Public interest – Powers to investigate – Natural resources – Natural gas – Distribution – Judicial review – Public utility – definition – Compliance with legislation – Jurisdiction of tribunal TransCanada Pipeline Ventures Ltd. v. Alberta (Energy and Utilities Board), [2008] A.J. ...

The appeal by an energy distributor (“Natural Resources”) from the dismissal of its appeal from a decision of the Ontario Energy Board (the “Board”) was dismissed where the Court found that the Board had reasonably disallowed Natural Resources’ recovery of regulatory costs and interest costs that had been incurred as a result of an accounting error

26. September 2006 0
Administrative law – Natural resources – Natural gas – Distribution – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Energy and Utilities Board – Accounting errors – Recovery – Judicial review – Standard of review – Reasonableness simpliciter Natural Resources Gas Ltd. v. Ontario Energy Board, [2006] O.J. No. 2961, Ontario Court of Appeal, July 21, 2006, J.I. Laskin, S. ...

Toronto Hydro Electric System Ltd. (“Toronto Hydro”) was successful in appealing from a Divisional Court decision that had concluded that the Ontario Energy Board (“OEB”) made an unreasonable decision in deciding that a lower hydro system rate should apply to the installation of the electricity distribution system in the Graywood building where Toronto Hydro and Graywood had agreed to a higher rate prior to the date of installation.

25. July 2006 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Energy and Utilities Board – Rates – Natural resources – Distribution – Contracts – Validity – Timing – Judicial review – Standard of review – Reasonableness simpliciter Graywood Investments Ltd. v. Toronto Hydro-Electric System Ltd., [2006] O.J. No. 2030, Ontario Court of Appeal, May 24, 2006, K.N. Feldman, J.C. ...

The court dismissed an appeal from the Divisional Court which had held that the Respondent Ontario Energy Board’s Gas Distribution Access Rule came within the Board’s jurisdiction and that the Board had followed the process required by its enabling Act in issuing the Rule

22. March 2005 0
Administrative law – Natural resources – Natural gas – Distribution – Powers under legislation – Ultra vires – Judicial review – Jurisdiction of tribunal – Compliance with legislation – Standard of review – Correctness Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. v. Ontario (Energy Board), [2005] O.J. No. 33, Ontario Court of Appeal, January 11, 2005, M.A. Catzman, D.H. ...