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Factbook Structure: Canada & Italy. Presented by Tian Luo Michihiro Kawano Sisi 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
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Factbook Structure: Canada & Italy Presented by TianLuo Michihiro Kawano Sisi 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.