# Mark Jaccard

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Energy & The Environment

In December the BC Utilities Commission (BCUC) quashed FortisBC’s plans to build a natural gas pipeline in the Okanagan – a $327 million project that would have seen a 30-kilometer line and two related power stations built to meet growing demand for gas in BC’s southern interior. FortisBC is warn...

EvC Bonus - Hot Topic: Carbon Tax with Mark Jaccard

New BONUS Podcast EpisodeCanada's consumer carbon tax policy has been getting a lot of press attention of late, especially following the $15/T increase that took affect on April 1, 2024. Much has been said about it across the political spectrum, some of it accurate, and some of it just plain wron...

Will cutting the carbon tax actually save you money at the pump?

After a late-night vote, B.C.’s legislature has scrapped the provincial carbon tax. Katie DeRosa explains the politics behind the decision, and energy economist Mark Jaccard weighs in on what this means for your gas bill. 

The Sensible Environmentalist Guest: Mark Jaccard

The Sensible Environmentalist Guest: Mark Jaccard By Stuart McNish   “We are all capable of believing things we know to be untrue…the only check on it is that sooner or later, a false belief bumps up against solid reality, usually on a battlefield,” wrote George Orwell. It’s a quote that open...

Our Energy Future: Can the electricity grid keep up?

Our Energy Future: Can the electricity grid keep up? Mark Jaccard, Chair and CEO of the B.C. Utilities Commission Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Surrey policing transition caught in political crossfire

Surrey police transition mired in local politics (0:50) Former Vancouver Canucks player hits the studio with new country hit (13:29) Aaron Volpatti, former Vancouver Canucks player Our Energy Future: Can the electricity grid keep up? (24:32) Mark Jaccard, Chair and CEO of the B.C. Utilit...

The land deals rocking Surrey City Hall

Does it all fit? Super tankers, a pipeline and a port collide at Roberts Bank GUEST: Ian Paton, B.C. Conservative MLA for Delta South Inside The House GUEST: Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Bailout or bargain? The land deals rocking Surrey City Hall GUEST: Linda Annis,...

Should B.C. sit out the AI gold rush?

BCUC: AI and energy. Should B.C. sit out the AI gold rush? Mark Jaccard - Chair and CEO of the B.C. Utilities Commission; Professor - School of Resource and Environmental Management at Vancouver’s Simon Fraser University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are we moving too slowly on climate change?

Mark Jaccard, Professor of Sustainable Energy at Simon Fraser University and is currently serving as Chair and CEO of the BC Utilities Commission Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

269. DEBATE: Climate Regulation vs. Economic Growth

Energy experts Heather Exner-Pirot and Mark Jaccard join the first-ever Nuanced Debate to examine Canadian climate policy, pipelines, carbon pricing, nuclear power, affordability, energy security, adaptation and whether markets or regulation can meaningfully reduce emissions with host Aaron Pete....