Lewis' practice focuses on regulatory and administrative law matters involving both the electricity and oil and gas sectors including all aspects of rate applications, toll design, facilities applications, cost of capital and related matters before the Alberta Utilities Commission, the Alberta Energy Regulator (and the Canada Energy Regulator), the BCUC, OEB, Manitoba PUB, and the Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Helicopter Safety Inquiry.

He has appeared at all levels of the Alberta courts in relation to various energy related matters at trial and appeal, the Federal Court, Federal Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court of Canada. Lewis also represents clients in arbitrations as well as sitting as an arbitrator in relation to oil and gas and electric industry related disputes.

Languages
English
Joined the Law Firm in
2006

Bar Admissions
Alberta (1982)

Education
Concordia University (B.A., 1978)
University of Ottawa (LL.B., 1981)
London School of Economics and Political Science (LL.M., 1993)

Significant Accomplishments
* Represented successful Respondent (Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers) resisting a leave to appeal application in a case regarding the Crown's duty to consult Aboriginal people in the context of a number of major pipeline projects in Western Canada. (Standing Buffalo Dakota First Nation et al. v. Enbridge Pipelines Inc. et al., 2010 CanLII 70737; on appeal from the Federal Court of Appeal)
* Represented Respondent (Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers) in successfully defending a series of four appeals brought by First Nations challenging three separate decisions from the National Energy Board that issued Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity for the construction of three major pipeline projects in Western Canada (the Keystone Pipeline Project, the Southern Lights Pipeline Project and the Alberta Clipper Pipeline Expansion Project). (Standing Buffalo Dakota First Nation v. Enbridge Pipelines Inc., 2009 FCA 308; leave to appeal to Supreme Court of Canada denied.)
* Advised Direct Energy in regulatory matters in Alberta related to retail sales of electric power and natural gas. Matters include representation of Direct Energy in relation to its applications to the Alberta Utilities Commission for approval of retail rates, return, code of conduct compliance, customer care and billing system service agreements and associated costs, and in relation to its energy price setting plans for the acquisition of energy to serve its customers.
* Representing Milner Power in an ongoing proceeding with the Alberta Utilities Commission in relation to a successful complaint by Milner of the Alberta electric system operator's loss factor rule and methodology which was established in January 2006.
* In addition to the AUC proceeding there have also been a number of appeals to the Alberta Court of Appeal since 2010 and a number of more recent permission to appeal applications have been adjourned pending the conclusion of the AUC proceeding.

Additional Information
Recognition and Ranking
*Best Lawyers in Canada: recognized for energy regulatory law
*Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory: repeatedly recommended as a Leading Practitioner for energy (electricity)
*Lexpert's Leading Canadian Energy Lawyers 2013 & 2014
*Martindale-Hubbell International Law Directory: CV Peer Review rated

Seminars/ Presentation
"Organization, Adaptation and Flexibility in Regulatory Design", The Future of Energy Regulation and Policy Development. Conflict, Compromise or Cooperation?, Calgary, AB (September 26, 2013), Speaker

"Implications of the NEB TransCanada Mainline Decision RH-003-2011", Canadian Energy Law Forum, Toronto, ON (May 9, 2013), Speaker

2nd Annual Northeast BC Natural Gas Summit (September 29, 2010), Co-Chair

Northeast BC Natural Gas Summit (September 30, 2009), Speaker

Saskatchewan Oil and Gas Forum, Exploring the Latest in Plays, Technology and Regulations, Insight, Co-Chair

Independent Power Producers Society of Alberta (IPPSA)

Canadian Energy Research Conference (CERI)

Canadian Association of Members of Public Utility Tribunals (CAMPUT)

Energy Contracts Conferences, Insight, Speaker and Co-Chair

"Oil Sands and Shale Gas - Western Canadaâ€Ã¢â€ž¢s Unconventional Answer to Global Energy Demand" (October 25, 2011), Co-Author

"Energy (Electricity) Recent Developments of Importance" (January 4, 2011), Co-Author

"Supreme Court of Canada and Federal Court of Appeal Decisions in Standing Buffalo Dakota First Nations v. Enbridge Pipelines Inc., 2009 FCA 308" (December 6, 2010), Co-Author

"Two Solitudes in Western Canada: British Columbia and Alberta Carve Distinct Electricity Policy Paths", The National Law Journal - Energy Report (October 25, 2010)

"BC Oil and Gas Activities Act in Force" (October 4, 2010), Co-Author

The State of Electricity De-Regulation in Alberta and the Alberta Electric System Operators Role (March 31, 2007), Author

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