Lobbying Activity Report

5135-30044

Organization: Canadian Geothermal Energy Association (CanGEA)
Associated registration: 9632-5135-4
Lobbying Activity date: 2023-10-31
Arranged a meeting: No
Posted date: 2023-11-13

In-house lobbyists who participated in the lobbying activity: London Hillyer Footnote1
Senior Public Office Holders who were lobbied in this activity: Les MacLaren, Assistant Deputy Minister
Electricity Utility Regulation Division, Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation
 
Subject Matter of the Lobbying Activity
Specific Topics of Lobbying Communications Intended Outcomes Associated Subject Matters
Seeking regulatory parity for the geothermal industry broadly. More specifically, one way this can be achieved is by making additional amendments to the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Regulation (GGRR) to include geothermal as a prescribed undertaking.
  • Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation
 Energy, Environment
Since our most recent letter, we have found the GGRR to have been updated. Incentives (up to $5 million to expend on feasibility and development costs) for prescribed undertakings have been removed.

There are additional benefits to being a prescribed undertaking in the latest update of the GGRR. The ability to undertake these actions under a prescribed framework inherently provides some advantages (e.g., regulatory clarity, streamlined approval processes, etc.), which geothermal is still excluded from. At the very least, it is important that legislators and regulators consider providing equitable visibility for our industry. Footnote1
  • Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation
 Energy, Environment Footnote1
 
Senior officer who filed this Lobbying Activity Report: London Hillyer
 
The above name is that of the most senior paid officer who is responsible for filing a Lobbying Activity Report for the organization (the Designated Filer), whether that person participated in this lobbying activity or not.
 
  1. Footnote1  Indicates new information that was added through a Lobbying Activity Report.
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