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John A.D. Vellone

Associé et Chef des affaires, Énergie, Ressources et énergie renouvelable

Location: Toronto
Email: JVellone@blg.com
Phone: 416.367.6730

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Lana Deluca

Adjointe à la pratique

Location: Toronto
Email: ldeluca@blg.com
Fax: 416.367.6749
Phone: 416.367.6341

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

He is a Partner and National Leader of Energy, Resources and Renewables Sector, encompassing the Power, Oil & Gas, Mining and Forestry sectors. 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:

battery storage
wind
solar
hydro-electric
nuclear
biomass/biogas
tidal
natural gas
cogeneration (combined heat and power)
district energy

Experience

Advising the Ontario Independent Electricity System Operator (and formerly the Ontario Power Authority), the Province of Alberta, the electricity utility serving the Territory of Nunavut (Qulliq Energy Corporation), and the procurement administrator appointed by the Province of Nova Scotia on energy, procurement and commercial law matters as applicable, including drafting and amending interconnection and/or cost recovery agreements, procurement documents, long-term power purchase agreements, and shorter-term incentive contracts and advising on ongoing contract management matters, in respect of Province and Territory-wide initiatives including:
- the Large Renewable Procurement, the Industrial Electricity Incentive Program, the Hydroelectric Standard Offer Program and the Hydroelectric Contract Initiative in Ontario
- the Alberta Solar Energy Procurement (up-to 135,000 MWh annually)
- the Nova Scotia Tidal Energy Procurement
- Qulliq Energy Corporation’s Independent Power Producer Program and Commercial and Institutional Power Producer Program
Advising developers, investors and lenders concerning corporate, commercial and regulatory aspects of power project development for a variety of technologies including battery storage, natural gas, wind, solar, hydro-electric, biomass, cogeneration, combined heat and power
Advising above clients on transaction structure, contract design, risk assessment, permitting, project finance, regulatory issues, power purchase and energy sales agreements, non-utility generation contracts, construction contracts, operations and maintenance agreements, and mergers and acquisitions in the energy sector.
Advising clients, including local distribution utilities, generators, large industrial consumers, and transmitters on energy regulatory matters and representing those clients before the Ontario Energy Board in a variety of proceedings, including electricity and gas rate 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 proceedings and inquiries. Advising above clients in respect of review and appeal proceedings before the Ontario Divisional Court and the Ontario Court of Appeal.
Drafting and negotiating major outsourcing, technology and telecommunications agreements for large electrical utilities, provincial and territorial governments and other public sector entities, including major technology-related acquisitions and supplier arrangements, including custom-developed hardware and software systems; significant IT outsourcing arrangements; and Province and Territory-wide initiatives

Beyond Our Walls

Professional Involvement

Member, International Nuclear Law Association
Officer (Newsletter Editor), Power Law Committee, International Bar Association, 2023-current
Chair, Natural Resources and Energy Law Section, Ontario Bar Association, 2022-2023
Executive (Member-at-Large), National Energy, Environment and Resource Law Section (NEERLS), Canadian Bar Association, 2023-current
Secrétaire, Collège canadien des avocats en droit de la construction, 2018-2019
Membre, Association du Barreau canadien, section Droit de la construction

Community Involvement

Board Member, Association of Power Producers of Ontario

Awards & Recognitions

Recognized in the 2025 edition (and since 2019) of The Best Lawyers in Canada (Energy Regulatory Law; Energy Law).
Recognized in the 2025 edition of Chambers Global – The World's Leading Lawyers for Business (Energy: Power (Regulatory)).
Recognized in the 2025 edition (and since 2019) of The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (Energy (Electricity); Energy (Oil & Gas))
Recognized in the 2024 edition of Lexpert Special Edition: Energy and Mining.
Recognized in the 2024 edition (and since 2019) of Chambers Canada - Canada's Leading Lawyers for Business (Energy - Provincial Regulatory (Nationwide)).
Recognized in the 2023 edition (and since 2022) of Lexpert Special Edition: Infrastructure
Recognized in the 2022 edition (and since 2020) of The Lexpert®/ROB Special Edition on Canada’s Leading Infrastructure Lawyers.
Recognized in the 2023 edition (and since 2019) of Lexpert Special Edition - Canada's Leading Energy Lawyers

Bar Admission & Education

Ontario, 2008

LLB, Faculté de droit Osgoode Hall de l'Université York, 2007
Certificat Leadership in Law Firms, École de commerce Schulich, 2007
BA.Sc. (Electrical Engineering), University of Waterloo, 2003

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