VIEW PDF. (352.48 KB) Release Date: April 11, 2022. Energy Regulation Program. The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) regulates energy resource development within Alberta and has a mandate to ensure the safe, efficient, orderly, and environmentally responsible development of hydrocarbon resources over their entire life cycle.
Alberta's power system is undergoing the biggest transformation in its 100-plus year history. Coal-fired electricity generation, a key source of power in the province for more than a century, is on track to be eliminated as a fuel source for electricity by the end of 2023.. Offsetting the phase-out of coal are equally large increases in natural gas as a fuel …
Facing massive public pressure, in 2022, the provincial government announced a moratorium on new coal applications on the eastern slopes of the Rocky …
Overview of electricity in Alberta. Not long ago, Alberta relied largely on coal for electricity. Today, Alberta is home to more than three quarters of the wind and solar built in Canada in 2022.Growing wind and solar energy that has the province on track to meet or exceed the target it set in 2016—to generate 30 per cent of its total electricity from renewable …
Despite a ban, a new application for coal mining exploration has been sent to the Alberta Energy Regulators. As Jillian Code reports, some are concerned this will …
AER Community Events: OneStop for Water Licensing application sessions. Enhancements to Water Act Applications for Borrow Pits sessions. Today, the AER is the single regulator of energy development in Alberta—from application and exploration, to construction and operation, to decommissioning, closure, and reclamation.
Much turns on the fortunes and aims of Montem Resources, an Australian company with two feet in Alberta — one planted in green energy and the other in coal mining that strips tops off mountains.
Alberta Energy spokesman Kavi Bal says the regulator will still consider the same environmental concerns. But Petterson says it's "misleading" to say the Coal Policy is redundant with newer ...
In Alberta's April 2023 emissions reduction and energy development plan, it said it was assessing potential pathways to achieve 75 to 80 per cent methane emission reductions in the conventional ...
By Tsvetana Paraskova - Dec 07, 2023, 5:00 AM CST. Chinese crude oil imports dropped by 9.2% year-over-year in November, marking the first annual decline in crude arrivals since April, and ...
In 2017, coal was still providing 59 per cent of all electrical energy consumed in the province and renewables were responsible for 10 per cent, according to data from the Alberta Electric System Operator, the non-profit organization that operates the provincial power grid. Now, coal is set to be phased out entirely by 2023 — with many plants …
CALGARY — The Alberta government will pay three coal-fired electric generating companies $1.36 billion for the province's decision to close their plants early, while also potentially avoiding a lawsuit with other power companies in the province. ... The province's Energy Minister Marg McCuaig-Boyd announced Thursday the province will …
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1. Introduction & Market Update. Following the Government of Alberta's commitment in its June 2020 Recovery Plan to diversify Alberta's energy industry and as noted in the Alberta Electric System Operator's …
One consolidated website with a dedicated team for Alberta government information and services will ensure consistent and cohesive standards are maintained to ensure information is usable and accessible for all Albertans. Alberta Energy, a ministry of the Government of Alberta, is responsible for ensuring the development of Alberta's ...
Ron Wallace, chair of the Coal Policy Committee, stands with Alberta's then-minister of energy, Sonya Savage, as they announce expanding coal mining restrictions on the Eastern Slopes of Alberta ...
The Alberta Energy Regulator is investigating the owner of the Grande Cache coal mine, in the western foothills of the Rocky Mountains, following two separate releases of industrial wastewater ...
Coal prices have also risen as utilities consider gas-to-coal switching. The U.S. Energy Information Administration puts the price of coal in the Powder River Basin, immediately south of Alberta in Wyoming, at US$30.70 per ton, which is up US$16.30 per ton over the past week.
The company behind a proposed open-pit coal mine in Alberta's Rocky Mountains has filed a request to appeal a decision by a review panel that rejected the project as being not in the public interest.
By Charles Kennedy - Dec 07, 2023, 10:30 AM CST. Australian oil and gas producers Woodside Energy and Santos confirmed on Thursday they are in talks regarding a potential merger that would create ...
Email: [email protected]. Media line: 1-855-474-6356. June 17, 2021…. The Joint Review Panel for Benga Mining Limited's Grassy Mountain Coal project has completed its review and submitted its final report to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada. The panel, in its capacity as a hearing panel for the Alberta Energy Regulator, …
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said the incentive program was expected to help attract C$35 billion ($25.80 billion) in capital investment and cost the province between C$3.5 billion and C$5.3 ...
More than $5.6 million in new federal funding will help Alberta communities attract investment, create jobs and transition towards a greener economy. January 17, 2022 – Edmonton, Alberta – Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan) As Canada continues to shift away from coal-fired power to protect our climate and create a more ...
The Alberta Electric System Operator says 14 per cent of the electricity produced in Alberta in 2020 came from renewable sources such as wind, hydro and solar. (CBC) The demise of coal-fired ...
The government says there are 2,600 such sites with an environmental liability of $248 million. Too often cleanup gets shuffled between Alberta Environment and Parks and the Alberta Energy ...
Capital Power Corp.'s plan to spend nearly $1 billion to switch two coal-fired power units west of Edmonton to natural gas, and stop using coal entirely by 2023, was welcomed by both the ...
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By Irina Slav - Dec 07, 2023, 3:00 AM CST. Chevron will allocate $14 billion for upstream investments in 2024, the company said in a budget update that saw the total capex planned for 2024 at ...
Inventory Reduction Program. June 28, 2022 – The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has increased the industry-wide closure spend target for liabilities in 2023 from $422 million to $700 million and released forecasted targets through 2027, which are anticipated to increase annually by 9 per cent.
Of these, seven 7 new projects, with known capacity and commissioning dates plus expansions of already existing projects, have the potential to increase the provincial CCS capacity to about 56 million …