Representative Matters
Energy Experience - Regulatory
Rate, toll and fees cases, acting for both applicants and intervenors and including experience with a variety of rate making methodologies, such as cost of service, rate escalation, performance-based regulation, incentive regulation and the OEB’s custom incentive regulation
Determination of appropriate return on equity and capital structure for utilities
Utility acquisitions, mergers and unbundling
Major facilities cases, acting for both applicants and intervenors and including transmission, distribution, system reinforcement and system expansion applications
Expropriation of transmission easement
Natural gas storage cases, acting for both applicants and intervenors and including designation of gas storage areas, granting of leave to inject, store and withdraw, determination of compensation for storage rights, approval of storage contracts and approval of well drilling in designated storage areas
Utility franchise cases, acting for both applicant and intervenor
Unitization and compulsory pooling matters
Regulatory consultatives, policy proceedings and stakeholder consultations
Generic proceedings
Energy Experience - Litigation
Litigation of a variety of energy-related issues
Stated cases regarding questions of law and jurisdiction arising in regulatory proceedings
Judicial review and appeals of regulatory orders
Selected Assignments
OEB proceeding in which approval was first granted for a custom incentive regulation plan
OEB proceeding in which approval was granted for the merger of Ontario’s two primary natural gas distributors
OEB proceeding in which approval was granted for the merger of three of Ontario’s leading electricity distributors and the acquisition of a fourth electricity distributor
OEB generic proceeding involving a reset and refinement of policies regarding the cost of capital for regulated utilities, notably the return on equity formula
OEB Natural Gas-Electricity Interface Review generic proceeding in which the OEB decided to forbear from regulation of prices of certain natural gas storage services
OEB proceeding in which approval was first granted for a performance-based regulation plan
OEB proceeding in which approval was granted for a 450 kilometre electricity transmission line in Northwestern Ontario