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WHAT IF ALBERTA’S NEW POWER SYSTEM CARBON PRICE WAS COMPREHENSIVE?

by Benjamin Lyseng | Jan 14, 2016 | Alberta, Policy

The new Climate Leadership Plan unveiled in Alberta to address greenhouse gas emissions uses a best-in-class carbon intensity standard for the electricity sector.  Analysed in a previous post, power plants that have a higher carbon intensity than an efficient combined...

THE CARROT AND THE STICK – AN ANALYSIS OF ALBERTA’S NEW CLIMATE POLICY

by Benjamin Lyseng | Dec 19, 2015 | Policy

November 22, 2015 was an historic day for energy policy in Canada as Alberta unveiled its new Climate Leadership Plan.  The policy addresses four main areas: electricity, oil sands, methane, and general consumption of fossil fuels.  Electricity generation has...
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