CAMPUT
Moderator Susanna Zagar is CEO of the Ontario Energy Board. David Morton is the Chair of CAMPUT and the British Columbia Utilities Commission. Judith Jagdmann is President of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. Doug Cook is Head of Strategy at Ofgem.
The disruption brought by the transition to decarbonization, certainly involves regulators. This panel at CAMPUT's 2022 Annual Conference, Regulators Testing the Waters, looked at whether they can dive right in to make needed changes in the push for clean energy.
Enjoy these excerpts with NARUC President Judith Jagdmann, British Columbia Utilities Commission and CAMPUT Chair David Morton, Ofgem Head of Strategy Doug Cook, and moderated by Ontario Energy Board CEO Susanna Zagar.
Moderator and CEO, Ontario Energy Board, Susanna Zagar: Dave, let's start with you as the host. Can you give us some examples of how the BCUC is testing the waters?
Chair, British Columbia Utilities Commission and CAMPUT, David Morton: I have examples over the years where the BCUC approved certain programs that have contributed toward decarbonization in the province.
Canada's first net metering program was in 2003 in British Columbia. For many of us, net metering is synonymous with solar, but we have a small but measurable amount of microhydro that's in our net metering program.
It's a successful program. It's grown from a few hundred to a few thousand participants. It's evolved over time and been introduced in almost all Canadian provinces with the possible exception of one.