Provincial Regulation

Under the Constitution Act 1982, the provinces have jurisdiction over electricity. Responsibility for environmental stewardship, management, protection and assessment in Canada is shared among federal, provincial and territorial authorities and jurisdictions. Electricity infrastructure projects are subject to multiple pieces of legislation and regulation falling under the jurisdiction of various agencies and orders of government, each of which may have a different mandate and jurisdictional obligation.

The following independent quasi-judicial bodies regulate provincial utilities:
 

• British Columbia: Public Utilities Commission
• Alberta:  Energy and Utilities Board (EUB)
• Saskatchewan: Province of Saskatchewan
• Manitoba: Province of Manitoba and Public Utilities Board
• Ontario: Ontario Energy Board
• Québec: Régie de l’énergie
• New Brunswick: Provincial Government
• Nova Scotia: Utility Review Board
• Prince Edward Island: Regulatory and Appeals Commission of PEI
• Newfoundland and Labrador: Commissioners of Public Utilities
• Yukon: Yukon Utility Board
• Northwest Territories: Public Utilities Board
• Nunavut: Government of Nunavut

In Ontario and Alberta grid management is the responsibility of, respectively the Ontario Independent Market Operator and the Power Pool of Alberta. No other province yet has an independent grid manger.