Adam Banack

Apr 1, 2024 | lexology.com | Taylor Campbell |Tyson Dyck |Chris Christopher |Huw Evans |Adam Banack |Emily Stewart

Private power purchase agreements (PPAs) not only provide buyers with an opportunity to acquire environmental attributes, such as emissions offsets and renewable energy certificates, but can also be used to access certain regulatory incentives, such as investment tax credits and energy cost abatement programs.

Nov 10, 2023 | mondaq.com | Adam Banack |Tyson Dyck |Huw Evans |Jonathan Myers

The Ontario Ministry of Energy has proposed amendments to regulations under the Electricity Act, 1998 (the Act) that would allow Industrial Conservation Initiative (ICI) participants to offset their facility's peak demand by entering into power purchase agreements (PPAs) with clean energy facilities that are not connected behind the participant's meter. ICI participants are incentivized to reduce demand during peak hours.

Oct 25, 2023 | mondaq.com | Adam Banack |Huw Evans

When the federal government released its hydrogen strategy in late 2020, there was a huge amount of optimism that hydrogen would play a leading role in the energy transition and the decarbonization of the Canadian economy. However, in the years that followed, that optimism was not always matched by actual progress. Now three years later, hydrogen investments are gaining traction.

Oct 24, 2023 | lexology.com | Adam Banack |Huw Evans

When the federal government released its hydrogen strategy in late 2020, there was a huge amount of optimism that hydrogen would play a leading role in the energy transition and the decarbonization of the Canadian economy. However, in the years that followed, that optimism was not always matched by actual progress. Now three years later, hydrogen investments are gaining traction.