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Energy: Power (Regulatory)

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David is an experienced and practical litigator, with particular expertise in energy regulation. He is comfortable working within complex regulatory environments to find and optimize achievable outcomes. With the ability to hone in on the most crucial and meaningful details amongst large amounts of information, David identifies opportunities for his clients that others may miss.

As Practice Group Leader of the firm's Litigation Group and member of the Energy Group, David practises in the area of regulatory and commercial litigation.

David has deep and broad knowledge about energy regulation in Ontario. For over 20 years, David has advised gas and electric utilities, and other participants in Ontario’s electricity market, on a wide range of regulatory and commercial issues, and regularly appears before the Ontario Energy Board (OEB). Among other things, he assists clients with ratemaking applications, policy consultations, compliance issues, licencing, Measurement Canada issues and regulatory strategy. David often works with energy services providers to ensure that their business practices and documentation are compliant with relevant legal requirements, including those imposed by the OEB and by other government agencies (such as Consumer Services and Measurement Canada).

David is a frequent writer on energy regulation issues. Over the past three years, David has written more than 200 articles for Energy Insider, and has often had items published in industry publications such as Energy Regulation Quarterly.

As a commercial litigator, David has been involved with a wide range of matters, including contractual disputes, fiduciary duty cases, competition matters, construction disputes, class proceedings, lease disputes, injunctions and professional negligence matters. He also has expertise in matters relating to Ontario’s Consumer Protection Act, and the obligations imposed by that statute.

David has appeared before the OEB and all levels of Ontario courts, including the Superior Court, Divisional Court and Court of Appeal, as well as before the Supreme Court of Canada, the Federal Court Trial Division, the Competition Tribunal, the Ontario Securities Commission and the Commissioner of Mining and Lands (Ontario).

Learn more about David here: https://www.airdberlis.com/people/bio/david-stevens

Professional Memberships

Consultant/Utility Legal Counsel, Adjudicative Modernization Committee, Ontario Energy Board

Member, The Advocates' Society

Publications

"OEB Seeks Input on Review of Electricity Distributor Merger Process," Aird & Berlis LLP, Energy Insider, February 14, 2024.

"Ontario Government Introduces New Consumer Protection Act," Aird & Berlis LLP, Financial Services Flash, October 24, 2023.

"The Battles Over Net Energy Metering," Energy Regulation Quarterly, July 2021.

"Toronto Hydro Rate Decision Punts the Regulatory Treatment of Storage to the OEB DERs Consultation," Energy Regulation Quarterly, April 2020.

"Ontario Government Takes Steps to Reform the Ontario Energy Board," Energy Regulation Quarterly, October 2019.

Co-author, Halsbury's Laws of Canada - Weights and Measures, September 2019, published by LexisNexis Canada.

“OEB Takes Steps Towards Implementing “Activity and Program Based Benchmarking,” Energy Regulation Quarterly, July 2019.

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Energy: Power (Regulatory) - Canada
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David Stevens handles a range of regulatory matters for his electric utility clients, offering particular expertise in the Ontario market.

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