On April 30, 2015, only 6 weeks after the 2013 Generic Cost of Capital decision (applying to 2013, 2014 and 2015), the Alberta Utilities Commission issued a letter initiating the 2016 GCOC proceeding, and requesting feedback regarding the scope of the hearing and approaches to the application process. The Alberta Utilities shortly thereafter issued a response proposing an alternate approach to the 2016 GCOC.
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Within a week of filing for intervener status in the ATCO Electric 2015-2017 GTA proceeding, the CCA filed a formal motion for the AUC to make a ruling on three separate matters.
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On March 20, 2015 the AUC issued Decision 3258-D01-2015 on Langdon Water Works 2014-2015 tariff application.
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On April 16, 2015, the AESO met with Industry stakeholders to present information on refinements being made to the AESO connection process. Various initiatives are discussed below.
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The Department of Energy continues to move towards implementing the 33 accepted recommendations of the MLA Retail Market Review Committee (RMRC) as per the action plan released on December 18, 2014.
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Back in March of 2015, the Minister of Service Alberta considered abolishing the Utility Consumer Advocate (UCA) advisory board.
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In a letter dated April 2, 2015, the Commission has indicated their intention to initiate the next generic cost of capital (GCOC) proceeding before the end of April.
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Back in December of 2014, the Commission approved a joint application from distribution facilities owners (DFOs) Fortis Alberta, Enmax Power Corporation, ATCO Electric and EPCOR Distribution and Transmission for a standardized schedules template to be used for quarterly transmission access charge (TAC) deferral account rider applications.
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ATCO Electric has submitted an application to the AUC for approval of their 2015-2017 Transmission General Tariff.
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On March 9, 2015 the Commission released their decision on 2013 Generic Cost of Capital (Decision 2191-D01-2015), which lays out the Commission’s findings on a generic return on equity (ROE) and a common equity structure.
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