February 12, 2025 Starting Thursday, Feb. 13, Albertans will be charged a $200 tax when they register their electric vehicles. This amount is in line with what drivers of a typical internal combustion engine vehicle would be expected to pay each year in fuel tax. The tax will be collected by registry agents, and online…
February 12, 2025 The Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA) congratulates its members RES, ABO Energy, SWEB, and Glooscap Energy (Glooscap First Nation), as well as all the other Indigenous partners, Eskasoni, Potlotek, We’koqma’q L’nue’kati, Wagmatook, Paq’tnkek and Pictou Landing First Nations, for their successful bids in the Nova Scotia Green Choice Program RFP, recently announced by…
February 11, 2025 As Nova Scotia continues to experience unprecedented building growth, it’s the perfect time to review and improve the electrical inspection process—with safety as the top priority. Nova Scotia Power and the Department of Labour, Skills, and Immigration are coming together to explore new opportunities—including risk-based electrical inspections—to ensure the process remains safe,…
February 11, 2025 To ensure rapid permitting and robust regulation of renewable energy projects, the Province will introduce legislation in spring 2025 allowing the regulation of renewable energy projects, such as wind and solar, to move under the authority of the BC Energy Regulator (BCER). Adrian Dix, Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions, made the…
February 6, 2025 The Green Choice Program will add more clean energy to the grid, bring more green jobs and investments to Nova Scotia, help stabilize power rates and decrease greenhouse gas emissions. “The Green Choice Program is the single largest addition of clean electricity and the single largest reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in…
February 6, 2025 The Government of Yukon is extending the pause of intakes to the micro-generation renewable energy program until January 15, 2026. The area of the pause is expanding to include all communities connected to the Yukon grid. The pause began in December 2023 to allow the Government of Yukon and the utilities time…
February 6, 2025 The Premier of Quebec, Mr. François Legault, the Chief of the Innu Essipit First Nation, Mr. Martin Dufour, the Prefect of the MRC du Fjord-du-Saguenay, Mr. Gérald Savard, and the President and CEO of Hydro-Québec, Mr. Michael Sabia, are proud to announce the signing of a partnership with the Innu Essipit First…
February 6, 2025 The CRTC is taking action to help bring high-speed fibre Internet to the communities of Jade City and Good Hope Lake (Dease River) in British Columbia, as well as Upper Liard in the Yukon. In 2019, the CRTC launched the Broadband Fund to help connect rural, remote, and Indigenous communities across Canada. To date,…
February 6, 2025 Federal funding of $1,000,000 for the Petroleum Technology Research Centre (PTRC) has been announced to develop an Energy Innovation Hub. This will allow PTRC to enhance physical research, testing, lab capabilities and training to support the evaluation and deployment of sustainable technologies in the energy sector. The Energy Innovation Hub (EIH) will help a…
January 28, 2025 Delta Transformers, a Canadian leader in the design and manufacturing of dry-type transformers, proudly announces the launch of its online Energy Savings Calculator. This tool helps businesses estimate cost savings and operational efficiency by upgrading to NRCan 2019 compliant energy efficient transformers. This easy to use calculator enables users to estimate their annual consumption…
January 22, 2025 The OEB has issued a Notice of Proposal to amend the Distribution System Code. The proposed amendments establish minimum requirements for licensed electricity distributors in communicating with customers when there are widespread power interruptions in a distributor’s service area caused by severe weather. The purpose of these requirements is to provide customers…
January 21, 2025 The OEB is finalizing their Electric Vehicle Charging Rate (EVC Rate) proposal, and are seeking stakeholder input on the rate design as they strive to better support the efficient integration of EVs in Ontario. The proposed rate would apply to EV charging stations with low usage to better reflect their impact on…
January 21, 2025 The Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA) applauds the Ontario government for its new energy efficiency framework, as announced by Minister of Energy and Electrification, Stephen Lecce. The 12-year, $10.9 billion framework includes a significant rebate of up to 30% (to $10,000) for homeowners and small business owners interested in installing behind-the-meter (BTM) generation and…
January 21, 2025 Premier Doug Ford outlined Ontario’s plan to achieve Am-Can energy security and power economic growth on both sides of the border as part of Fortress Am-Can, a renewed strategic alliance between Canada and America. The United States and Canada are each country’s most significant trading partners, representing trillions of dollars in annual…
January 21, 2025 The government of Canada has announced a pause in incentives for the Zero-Emissions Vehicles Program. Transport Canada introduced the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) Program in 2019. Over 546,000 vehicles have been incented through this program since it began, helping Canada reach a new ZEV market share of 11.7% in 2023, a…
January 8, 2025 The Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA) is pleased to see the Government of Canada put forward the legislation for the Clean Electricity Investment Tax Credit (CE ITC) in today’s Fall Economic Statement (FES) 2024. “The Investment Tax Credits announced today will not just help Indigenous communities and communities access the capital they need to…