John Vellone

Practice Areas

John has a comprehensive energy and technology law practice encompassing a breadth of corporate, commercial and regulatory issues with a particular focus on Canadian electricity markets and infrastructure revitalization.

His clients include Provincial and Territorial governments, system operators, regulated utilities, developers, investors, and lenders. He provides counsel concerning corporate, commercial and regulatory aspects of the electricity and natural gas industries and power project development for a variety of technologies, including wind, solar, hydro-electric, biomass/biogas, tidal, natural gas, cogeneration (combined heat and power), and district energy.

John represents local distribution utilities, generators, large industrial consumers, and transmitters before the Ontario Energy Board in a variety of proceedings, including electricity and gas rate applications, leave to construct applications, licensing applications and licence amendments, Z-factor applications, and MAADS applications, and before the Independent Electricity System Operator in a variety of proceedings, including compliance and enforcement proceedings and inquiries.

Professional Memberships

John is an executive of the National Environmental, Energy and Resource Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association and the Natural Resources and Energy Law Section of the Ontario Bar Association.

Personal

John is an avid rock climber and frequently volunteers to facilitate climbing access.