FACTBOOK STRUCTURE: CANADA & ITALY

Presented byTian Luo Michihiro KawanoSisi Li

Basic Information about Canada and Italy

Geographical location: Map Population:

Canada: 34,482,779 (World Bank, 2011) Italy: 60,626,442 (National Institution, 2011)

Economy: GDP

Canada: 1.74 Trillion (World Bank, 2011) Italy:$2.19 Trillion (World Bank, 2011)

GNP: $1.37 Trillion (World Bank, 2011) $1.97 Trillion (World Bank, 2011)

Tools Economist Intelligence Unit : http://

www.eiu.com Energy Information Administration:

http://www.eia.gov/countries/ Academic Articles Statistic Websites: http://www.iea.org/ Industry Reports Government Websites

Dimensions Introduce the energy industry in Canada

and Italy

Dimensions Legal & political regulations in the energy

industry Italy:

Regulator: AEEG, Energy and Gas Regulatory Authority

Regulations in  the electricity and gas market Electricity market: No licence is generally required

to carry out generation, import, export, purchase, supply and metering businesses.

Gas market: No licence is generally required for production, import, and sales of natural gas

Dimensions Canada: Regulators are federal government & Provincial and

Territorial Governments Federal government

The government seeks to achieve a balance between the environmentally responsible production and use of energy, the growth and competitiveness of the Canadian economy, secure and competitively priced energy, and the protection of infrastructure.

Policies in the national interest (economic development, energy security, federal energy R&D).

Trans-boundary environmental impacts. Interprovincial/international trade and commerce.

Provincial and Territorial Governments: Electricity is almost exclusively regulated by the provincial and territorial

governments, except international electricity lines that transport power from Canada to the United States and certain designated interprovincial power lines.

Development and management of resources within provincial boundaries. Property and civil rights within the province, i.e. environmental, health,

safety, land use, consumer protection, etc.

Example