SaskPower is the electric power generating holding company and retail utility supplying the province of Saskatchewan. It also buys power from independent suppliers within the province. Unlike some of its Crown utility peers in Canada, it is not in bad financial...
Utilities
A Valuation & Strategic Appraisal of Ontario Power Generation
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is Ontario’s largest electric power generating utility. In 2016, OPG supplied electricity to approximately 50 percent of local and provincial power utilities. OPG‘s wide provincial geographic scope and vast array of productive generating...
A Valuation of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, ‘AECL’, is the federal Crown corporation which develops nuclear technology, mainly now in Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, which sells nuclear isotopes for medical and other purposes. Using an intrinsic value method, and discounting to...
A Valuation of Prince Edward Island Energy
Prince Edward Island Energy, or PEI Energy, is a Crown-owned electric merchant power provider (but not a utility) for Canada’s smallest province by area or population. As it is spending heavily on expanding its generation capacity, it has negative free cash flow....
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Weaponizing the Law
The indictment of former U.S. president Donald Trump for crimes invented by his political opponents is the most egregious example yet seen of the weaponizing of the law. The United States is now full of examples. However, in Canada, we also see the law being...
“Looking At” Seizing Control Over Western Canada’s Natural Resources
OTTAWA, REGINA - Last week, two things happened that could have profound impacts on natural resources development in Saskatchewan. One is a hint the federal government might want to take control of natural resources away from the provinces, and the other is the...
Muskrat Falls: Why We Need a Regulatory Review – Part Two
Ron Penney and David Vardy examine the risks associated with the planned Muskrat Falls hydroelectric mega-project in Atlantic Canada.
A Thread Down a Football Field
An analysis of why the west side transmission line in Manitoba is sub-optimal environmental and energy policy.
A Tale of Two Telcos
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Peter Miller, Professor of Philosophy, University of Winnipeg
When Manitoba Hydro subsidizes domestic electricity consumption, it means “the biggest piggies get the most slop.” That’s one of many reasons for letting prices rise to market levels.
Markus Buchart, Former Leader, Green Party of Manitoba
The Province of Manitoba’s policy of “power at cost” is harmful to the people of Manitoba, to Manitoba Hydro and to the environment.
The Right Honourable Edward Schreyer
The former Manitoba Premier and Governor General of Canada takes his own party to task for its energy policies, especially cross-subsidization and delays in licensing new dams.
Michael Bennaroch, Professor and Chair of Economics, University of Winnipeg
Are Manitoba Hydro’s prices too low? A perspective from the head of the University of Winnipeg’s economics department.