Open AccessNatural Gas Pricing in Alberta
Author(s) -
Donald C. Edie
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
alberta law review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1925-8356
pISSN - 0002-4821
DOI - 10.29173/alr611
Subject(s) - legislation , commission , legislature , interpretation (philosophy) , energy law , economics , natural gas , petroleum , oil and natural gas , business , law , political science , fossil fuel , finance , engineering , computer science , geology , environmental law , paleontology , programming language , waste management
This paper studies the legislation initiated by both the federal and the Alberta governments in the field of gas pricing in Alberta; explains the workings of the operative sections of such legislation; defines and discusses the factors used in the legislative formulae respecting gas pricing, and provides actual examples of such pricing. The role of the Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission in the pricing and movement of gas from field to consumer within Alberta, or to the Alberta border for ultimate consumption elsewhere is also discussed. Potential problems respecting the interpretation and application of the Alberta legislation are also studied.