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Lawson Lundell is a leading energy law firm in Western and Northern Canada. Our lawyers represent participants in the oil and gas sector, as well as the electricity sector, in British Columbia, Alberta, the Northwest Territories, the Yukon Territory and Nunavut. Our energy law practice ranges from complex financings, to representation of clients before the National Energy Board (NEB), including business start-ups, share offerings, and corporate reorganizations on the commercial side, and rate design and de-regulation proceedings on the regulatory side.
In the oil and gas sector our experience includes:
advising and representing a major intervenor with respect to an application for a liquid natural gas (LNG) storage facility;
acting for major oil and gas companies in connection with refining and retail operations in British Columbia, and in connection with aboriginal and environmental litigation;
acting for an aboriginal development corporation in the Northwest Territories with respect to the acquisition of interests in pipelines;
advising the British Columbia Oil and Gas Commission;
advising a major oil company with respect to aspects of its oil sands development project and the expansion of its refining complex to accommodate co-generation facilities;
acting for the proponent of a combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) generating plant before the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC);
acting for a major gas consumer in a dispute with its local distribution company before the Northwest Territories Public Utilities Board (NWT PUB);
acting for a territorial government in relation to regulatory and constitutional issues arising from northern pipelines; and
acting for a gas producer's association in connection with a generic return on equity (ROE) hearing before the BCUC.
In the electricity sector our experience includes:
representation on commercial and regulatory matters for the largest electric utility in British Columbia, including the first revenue requirement proceeding the utility has had in 10 years, and the negotiation and drafting of agreements between the utility and the new independent system operator (ISO) in British Columbia;
acting for Canadian companies involved in the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) investigations arising from the California power crisis;
negotiating power supply contracts with and on behalf of independent power producers (IPPs);
acting on behalf of entities involved in the formation of Regional Transmission Organizations (RTO) in the Western Interconnection, and in connection with agreements entered into under the auspices of the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC), including Reliability Management System (RMS) agreements; and
acting for and representing companies involved in regulatory proceedings before the BCUC, the NEB, the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (AEUB) and the NWT PUB.
In addition to our energy law expertise, Lawson Lundell lawyers have additional expertise in other specialized areas of law such as aboriginal, environmental, tax and public utility law. This expertise, combined with Lawson Lundell's pre-eminent experience as a leading business law firm in Western Canada, allows it to bring to a successful and economical resolution any energy-related transaction, regulatory proceeding or litigation.
View a listing of team members in this practice area.
For more information contact Chris W. Sanderson, Q.C. in Vancouver at 604.631.9183 or csanderson@lawsonlundell.com, or Lewis L. Manning in Calgary at 403.781.9458 or lmanning@lawsonlundell.com.
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Resources: Energy Law Newsletter with a Feature Article on the Mackenzie Gas Project: Federal Court of Appeal Dismisses Appeal in Dene Tha' Case - Winter 2008
Energy Law Newsletter with a Feature Article on Residential Natural Gas Unbundling in BC - Fall 2007
Energy Law Newsletter - Summer 2007
Energy Law Newsletter and Feature Article on New Federal and Alberta Climate Change Initiatives - Spring 2007
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