BC’s Clean Energy Act Passed into Law

BC’s Clean Energy Act (the Act) received royal assent on June 3, 2010

BC’s Clean Energy Act (the Act) received royal assent on June 3, 2010. As previously reported in our Green News, the Act provides a foundation for the province to meet its stated goals of electricity self-sufficiency by 2016, job creation and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. The details of the various initiatives, including a feed-in tariff program, under the Act will be developed through regulations and it is anticipated that these regulations could be ready by as early as fall 2010.