Knight, Hon. Mel (PC, Grande Prairie-Smoky)
Agricultural land
Impact of biofuels industry on ... 1641
Alberta - Environmental policy
Alberta biodiversity monitoring project
Alberta Electric System Operator
General remarks ... 1118, 2252 Power supply forecast, southern Alberta ... 727 Review of purchasing practices of ... 1078 Wind power production, cap on ... 439, 1633
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Appeal process for decisions by ... 1997 Approval process for transmission lines, based on public convenience/need ... 1889 Bitumen upgrader, Edmonton area, application review ... 599 Board members' resignation from ... 2137, 2139 Coal-bed methane mineral rights decision ... 731 Electricity transmission line, Alberta/Montana, hearing re ... 727 Electricity transmission line (240 kV), Pincher Creek to Lethbridge, hearing re ... 440 Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Calgary, Energy dept.'s letter re ... 2320-21 Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Calgary, hearing re ... 195, 228, 672, 1619 Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Calgary, hearing re: Public inquiry re use of private investigators at ... 2139 Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Calgary, hearing re: Use of private investigators at ... 2104, 2137-38, 2139 Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Calgary, informing landowners re ... 1644 Electricity transmission lines, cost sharing recommendation re ... 814, 815 Electricity transmission lines, regulating of ... 544, 571, 605 Funding for ... 809, 810, 1400 Government interference in decisions of ... 2320-21 Industrial Heartland projects approval ... 1227 Information letter IL93 re energy industry activity in southwest Alberta ... 192 Landowners to hire legal representatives for hearings at ... 1997 Landowners to hire legal representatives for hearings at, Compensation increase for ... 228 Marie Lake energy development project decision ... 331 New chair appointed to ... 2138 Nuclear power plants hearings ... 763, 1398 Policing of energy company reclamation efforts ... 1400, 1401 Public advocacy role ... 571 Public hearings process ... 1997 Separation into two boards ... 571, 605, 810, 1117, 1223, 1397, 1635 Separation into two boards: Contract with consultant for advice re ... 2027-28, 2066 Separation into two boards: Legislation re (Bill 46) ... 810, 818, 1766-67 Sherritt coal mine/coal gasification project, review of ... 130 Sour gas wells, approval of ... 1927-28, 1929 Supply/demand outlook report ... 1633, 1639 Transfer of authority of, to Independent System Operator ... 544, 605, 815, 816, 818 Voyageur project (Suncor) hearings: Wood Buffalo regional municipality intervention in ... 1890 Workload ... 818, 1117, 1223
Alberta Energy Research Institute
Oil sands energy requirements projects ... 803 Wind power study ... 1112
Alberta Government Offices
Washington, D.C. office: Role re energy trade ... 812, 2140
Alberta royalty tax credit
Alberta utilities commission
Creation from former Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (Bill 46) ... 810, 818, 1117, 1223, 1397, 1766-67 Creation from former Alberta Energy and Utilities Board: Contract with consultant for advice re ... 2027-28, 2066 Hearing/appeal processes ... 1856-57, 2214
Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46)
First Reading ... 1766-67 Second reading ... 2004-06 Committee: Amendments and background paper (SP943-44/07: Tabled) ... 2209 Third reading ... 2421, 2423, 2426 Amending of ... 2214 General remarks ... 810, 818, 1889 Impact on property rights of landowners ... 1856 Impact on public nuclear energy discussions ... 2032
Alberta Wind Energy Corporation
Wind power contribution to power grid ... 1633
AltaLink Management Ltd.
Electric power line (500kV), Edmonton to Calgary ... 228 Electric power line (500kV), Edmonton to Calgary: Government interference re ... 2320-21 Electric power line (500kV), Edmonton to Calgary: Public inquiry re ... 1619-20
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
Radioactive waste disposal methods ... 764
Auditor General
Annual report, 2006-07: Royalty audit group staffing/processes ... 1785 Resource royalty system comments ... 811, 1788, 1853 Resource royalty system reporting in Energy dept.'s annual reports, comments re ... 1924, 1957-58 Resource royalty system reports (2004 and 2005), discused with cabinet ... 1853 Resource royalty system reports (2004 and 2005), release of ... 1957, 1958
Auditor General Act
Exclusion of Market Surveillance Administrator from ... 1889
Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd.
Sour gas leak, Stettler area ... 1929
Benign Energy Canada Inc.
Wind power contribution to power grid ... 1633
Biomass as energy source
General remarks ... 224 Grande Prairie facility ... 1113, 1115
Bitumen upgraders - Industrial Heartland area
General remarks ... 1639 Impact of new federal capital cost allowance on ... 229
Budget
Impact of increased value of Canadian dollar on ... 810
By-elections - Drumheller-Stettler constituency
PC candidate's statement re electricity deregulation ... 1654
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Bonnyville upgrader construction delay ... 193
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Nuclear projects approval ... 1640, 2031, 2032 Nuclear projects monitoring ... 840
Canadian Wind Energy Association
Wind trend forecasting, study re ... 440
Capital cost allowance program (Federal)
For manufacturers, impact on upgrader projects ... 229 For oil sands developments, impact of phase out of ... 229
Carbon Capture and Storage Task Force (Federal/provincial)
Carbon dioxide sequestration
Funding for research re ... 1398 General remarks ... 818, 1633
Climate change
Federal plan to reduce ... 1117
Climate Change and Emissions Management Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3)
Climate Change Central
Energy conservation programs ... 1233
Coal-bed methane - Royalties
Coal-bed methane extraction
Animal/human health issues re ... 1221 Mineral rights re ... 731
Coal-bed methane extraction - Environmental aspects
Coal bed methane extraction-Horseshoe Canyon area
Coal energy, Clean
Initiatives re, funding for ... 809 Research into ... 1230
Coal gasification - Tofield area
Sherritt Dodds-Round Hill project, environmental aspects ... 130, 2285
Coal mines and mining - Tofield area
Sherritt Dodds-Round Hill project, environmental aspects ... 130
Compton Petroleum Corporation
Gas well drilling, Calgary area ... 1928
Conflict of interest
Kellan Fluckiger and electric power transmission projects ... 2320-21
Conoco-Phillips, Inc.
Reclamation of caribou habitat ... 1401
Crown Mineral Disposition Review Committee
Dept. of Energy
Annual report, 2005-06 (SP22/07: Tabled) ... 26 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP799/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Annual reports, royalty revenue reporting in ... 1924, 1957-58, 2139-40 Cold Heavy Oil Production with Sand in the Canadian Heavy Oil Industry (CHOPS report) ... 1644 Contract with consultant re AEUB division ... 2027-28, 2066 Electricity branch director's (Kellan Fluckiger) letter to EUB re AltaLink transmission line application ... 2320-21 Former ministers' comments on royalty revenue appropriateness ... 2140 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... 1215, 1221-23, 1227, 1230-31, 1233, 1627-28, 1632-33, 1635, 1639-41, 1644 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 808-16, 818, 1109-18, 1397-1401 Main estimates 2007-08: Responses to questions during (SP477, 493, 533, 613, 664/07: Tabled) ... 1247, 1272, 1386, 1659, 1768 Minister's knowledge of use of private investigators at EUB hearing ... 2139 Minister's misleading statements, point of privilege re ... 1792-93 Minister's resignation ... 1783, 2137-38 Production Audit Group, staffing level ... 1785 Royalty rate increase comments ... 1788, 1853
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development
District energy (urban waste heat utilization)
Dollar, Canadian
Impact on Alberta budget ... 810
Drilling industry
Retention of workforce in ... 1641
Drilling industry - Eastern Slopes area
Drumheller-Stettler (Constituency)
By-election in, PC candidate's statement re electricity deregulation ... 1654
Economic development and the environment
Electric power, Coal-produced
Electric power, Coal-produced - Environmental aspects
Electric power, Coal-produced - Taxation
Electric power - Export
Consultant's advice re ... 2066 General remarks ... 727, 2252
Electric power - Prices
General remarks ... 813-14, 1112, 1586 Impact of new electricity transmission regulation on ... 544 PC candidate's statement re, in Drumheller by-election campaign ... 1654
Electric power lines
Approval process for, public input into ... 1997 Burying of ... 727 General remarks ... 814 Tie line with Montana (500 kV) ... 727, 1114, 2252
Electric power lines - Construction
Electric power lines - Edmonton to Calgary (500 kV)
Construction of, hearings re ... 195, 228, 672, 1619 Construction of, hearings re, postponement of ... 228 Construction of, impact on affected landowners ... 195, 228, 1619-20 Construction of, public inquiry into ... 1619-20 General remarks ... 1113, 1114
Electric power lines - Pincher Creek to Lethbridge (240 kV)
Electric power lines - Regulations
April 11, 2007 regulation (OC173/2007) ... 605, 815, 816, 818 April 11, 2007 regulation (OC173/2007), role of Kellan Fluckiger in ... 544 General remarks ... 815-16
Electric utilities - Regulations
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30
Royalty revenues (proceeded with) ... 1796-97
Endangered wildlife species
Impact of energy industry on ... 1400-01
Energy Alberta Corporation
Nuclear power production in Alberta, proposal for ... 2031
Energy industry
General remarks ... 1117, 1233 Impact on the landscape ... 1635 Impact on wildlife ... 1400-01 Investment in ... 1397 Major projects by, public input into ... 1227 Value-adding/upgrading in ... 809, 1110, 1114, 1117, 1227, 1542 Value-adding/upgrading in, impact of projects delays on ... 193
Energy industry - Eastern Slopes area
Energy industry - Environmental aspects
Clean-up costs re ... 1114 General remarks ... 192, 1117
Energy industry - Marie Lake area
Energy resources, Alternate/renewable
Energy Resources Conservation Board
Energy strategy
Alberta-made strategy (Motion 506: Mason) ... 861-62
Energy strategy, Integrated (Renewable/ nonrenewable resource development)
Enmax Corporation
Power plant construction, Calgary area ... 727, 814, 1114, 1400 Wind power contribution to power grid ... 1633
Environmental impact assessments
Oil sands projects ... 1114
Environmental protection
General remarks ... 224 Initiatives re: Funding for ... 809
EPCOR Group of Companies
Joint Genesee 3 power plant with TransAlta Utilities ... 1230, 2285 Joint Keephills 3 power plant with TransAlta Utilities ... 1230, 2285 Power, water and waste-water plants for Dods-Round Hill coal gasification project ... 2285
Ethane
Extraction of, from throughput of pipelines ... 811, 1116, 1644
Ethanol
Producer credits for ... 809
Food - Prices
Impact of biofuel industry on ... 1641
Food industry and trade
Impact of biofuels industry on ... 1641
Forest management
Impact of biofuel industry on (hybrid trees) ... 1641
Gas, Natural
Use as power source in oil sands production ... 1111, 1397 Volatiles in, as feedstock for petrochemical industry ... 1116
Gas, Natural - Prices
Forecast for ... 810 General remarks ... 1116
Gas, Natural - Royalties
General remarks ... 1116 Henry hub price as basis for ... 818
Gas pipelines - Mackenzie Valley to Alberta
Gas recovery methods
Carbon dioxide sequestering ... 1633
Gas well drilling industry
In vicinity of urban areas ... 1644
Gas well drilling industry - Safety aspects
Gasoline - Prices
Impact of Petro-Canada refinery fire on ... 19
Geothermal power
General remarks ... 1639 Use as power source in oil sands production ... 803
Grande Cache Coal Corporation
Tailings, disposal of ... 1400
Greenhouse gas emissions
Federal plan to reduce ... 1117 General remarks ... 1398 Hard caps (absolute reduction) for industry re ... 1117 Reduction of ... 818
Groundwater
Inventory/mapping of, funding for ... 809
Horseshoe Canyon
Industrial development in, impact on groundwater supplies ... 1221
Hydro and Electric Energy Act
Amendment by Bill 46, Alberta Utilities Commission Act ... 1889
Hydrocarbon Upgrading Task Force
Hydrogen sulphide emissions
Impact on animal/human health ... 1227
Independent System Operator (Electricity industry)
Transfer of authority to, from Energy and Utilities Board ... 544, 605, 815, 816, 818
Industrial development - Industrial Heartland area
Cumulative impact assessment of ... 599 Environmental impact of ... 1227 Impact on water supplies ... 1639
Keystone bitumen pipeline
National Energy Board hearings re ... 1542
Land agents - Licensing
General remarks ... 475 Provincial Court decision re (Raymond Strom case) ... 475
Land Agents Licensing Act
Industry vs. landowner imbalance ... 475
Land-use framework
General remarks ... 809, 1401, 1644 Inclusion of energy industry in discussion re ... 1627 Public consultations re ... 1635
Livestock
Impact of coal-bed methane extraction process on ... 1221 Impact of sour gas emissions on ... 1227, 1929
Mana Energy Group Limited
Contract with government re AEUB division ... 2027-28
Manufacturing
Impact of new federal capital cost allowance on ... 229
Market Surveillance Administrator (Electricity industry)
General remarks ... 1118, 1857 Not subject to Auditor General Act ... 1889 Review of Alberta Electric System Operator ... 1078
Milner Power Inc.
Grande Cache electric power plant ... 1400
Mineral rights - Marie Lake area
National Energy Board (Federal)
Keystone bitumen pipeline hearings ... 1542
Natural Gas Price Protection Act
District heat offsets under ... 1115
Natural resources revenue
Collection of appropriate amount of ... 671-72, 694, 730, 1783, 1785, 1788, 1853, 1889-90, 1890, 1893, 1957, 1958, 2139-40 Collection of appropriate amount of: Emergency debate on legislation re ... 1796-97 General remarks ... 809, 810, 812, 1397, 1993-94 Impact of increased value of Canadian dollar on ... 810
Natural resources revenue - Texas
Net billing (Electricity)
Net metering (Electricity)
Norwegian Government Petroleum Fund
Nuclear power plants - Security aspects
Nuclear power plants - Waste disposal
Oil recovery methods
Carbon dioxide sequestering ... 1398, 1633 Improvement of ... 812
Oil sands development
General remarks ... 810, 1397 Impact of phase out of accelerated capital cost allowance on ... 229 Royalties paid re, value of reduction of, 1997-2006 (Q3/07: Defeated) ... 574-75 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Radke report on ... 1890 Use of natural gas supplies ... 1111 Value-added opportunities ... 813
Oil sands development - Environmental aspects
Clean-up costs re ... 1114 General remarks ... 331, 404
Oil sands development - Waste disposal
Tailings ponds, reclamation of ... 1399
Oil Sands Multi-Stakeholder Committee
Oil Sands Underground Mining (OSUM) Corporation
Seismic testing under Marie Lake ... 404, 1584
Oral Question Period (2007)
Alberta Utilities Commission act ... 1856-57, 1889 Alberta Utilities Commission Act ... 1856-57, 1889 Alberta Utilities Commission Act amendments ... 2214 AltaLink electricity transmission line ... 1619-20 Capital cost allowance program ... 229 CNRL Bonnyville upgrader project delay ... 193 Department of Energy consultant ... 2027-28, 2066 Dodds-Round Hill coal gasification project ... 130, 2285 Electric System Operator review ... 1078 Electricity deregulation ... 1654 Electricity exports ... 2252 Electricity generation and demand ... 1586 Electricity line between Edmonton and Calgary ... 195, 228, 672 Electricity transmission regulation ... 544, 605 Energy and Utilities Board ... 571, 2104, 2320-2321 Energy regulatory hearings ... 1997 Enmax electricity transmission line ... 727 Environmental policy ... 224 Freehold mineral rights ... 731 Hydroelectric power ... 803 Industrial development in Alberta's heartland area ... 599 Industrial development in Alberta's Heartland area ... 599 Internal royalty review ... 509-10 Keystone pipeline project ... 1542 Licensing of land agents ... 475 New royalty framework ... 1787, 1890 New Royalty Framework ... 1787, 1890, 2251, 2256, 2382 Nuclear power ... 763-64, 840, 2031-32 Oil and gas activity in the eastern slopes ... 192 Oil sands royalty structure ... 2139-40 Petro-Canada refinery fire ... 19 Resource development in Marie Lake area ... 331, 404, 474, 1584 Royalty revenues ... 671-72, 694, 730, 1783, 1785, 1788, 1853, 1889-90, 1893, 1924, 1957-58, 1993-94 Sour gas well safety ... 1927-28, 1929 Use of private investigators by EUB ... 2137-39 Wind power generation ... 439-40
Petro-Canada
Refinery fire, Strathcona County ... 19
Petrochemical industry
General remarks ... 1110, 1397 Natural gas volatiles as feedstock for ... 1116 Preservation of ... 811-12
Point of Order
Factual accuracy ... 2003 Separating amendments ... 2415-16
Privilege
Misleading the House (Minister of Energy) ... 1792-93, 1827
Property rights
Impact of Bill 46, Alberta Utilities Commission Act, on ... 1856
Public contracts for consultants
Quality of life
Impact of energy industry expansion on ... 404
Regional health authorities
Sour gas leaks, notification re ... 1929
Royalty Review 2006: A List of Consultant Studies and Software
Copy tabled ... 730 Copy tabled (SP250/07) ... 564 Wood Mackenzie report listed in, censored sections ... 694
Royalty Review Panel
Consideration of draft 2004 government report on oil sands royalty structure ... 1889-90 General remarks ... 671, 694 Our Fair Share (report) ... 1958, 2256 Our Fair Share (report): Comments re collection of appropriate level of resource revenue ... 1853, 2139-40
Royalty structure (Energy resources)
Draft government report of October 2004 re ... 1889 Draft government report of October 2004 re, tabling of ... 1889 Energy dept.'s annual reports' coverage of ... 1924 Exemptions re (royalty holidays) ... 812 Former Energy minister's speech re ... 2140 General remarks ... 810, 1110, 1115, 1221, 2139-40 New Royalty Framework (2007) ... 1787, 1890, 1958, 2251, 2256, 2382 Review of ... 509-10, 809, 811, 818, 1110, 1117, 1401, 1958, 2139 Review of, 2006, documentation re (M1/07: Defeated) ... 576
Royalty structure (Energy resources) - Alaska
Securities Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 21)
Seismic activity - Marie Lake area
Sherritt International Corporation
Coal mine/coal gasification project, Tofield area ... 130, 2285
SNC Lavalin Inc.
Electric power tie-line with Montana ... 727
Social services - Finance
Funding from uncollected resource revenues ... 1893
Suncor Inc.
Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation of ... 2256 Royalty structure change, to bitumen rate ... 812, 813
Syncrude Canada Ltd.
Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation of ... 2256 Royalty structure change, to bitumen rate ... 812, 813
Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34)
Tonbridge Power Inc.
Documents re Alberta/Montana electricity tie line ... 2252
TransAlta Utilities Corporation
Joint Genesee 3 power plant with EPCOR ... 1230, 2285 Joint Keephills 3 power plant with EPCOR ... 1230, 2285 Wind power contribution to power grid ... 1633
Utilities Consumer Advocate
General remarks ... 1118 Transfer to Alberta utilities commission ... 1857
Water power
General remarks ... 224, 1586 Slave River rapids, harnessing of ... 803 Use as power source in oil sands production ... 803
Water quality - Marie Lake
Water supply
Use by Industrial Heartland upgraders ... 1639
West WindEau Inc.
Wind power contribution to power grid ... 1633
Wildlife habitat
Impact of energy development on ... 1400-01
Wind Power Inc.
Wind power contribution to power grid ... 1633
Windrise Power Inc.
Wind power contribution to power grid ... 1633
Wood Mackenzie
Study of Alberta royalty regime ... 694
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