On July 3, 2018, following the passage of Bill 13, the Commission initiated a proceeding to consider rules to implement and operate the capacity market.
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AUC Ruling on CCA Complaint against the AESO
On July 23, 2018 the AUC issued a ruling on the CCA’s complaint against the AESO related to the first version of the comprehensive market design proposal for the capacity market.
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AESO 2016 Deferral Account Reconciliation
The AESO filed their 2016 Deferral Account Application on August 1, 2018. The AESO is requesting approval for reconciliation on variances between the AESO’s actual costs and the revenue collected through AESO DTS & FTS rates, Rider C and previous DA reconciliations.
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ATCO Utilities PBR Re-Opener
The Commission’s original Performance Based Regulation (PBR) decision contains a provision that allows the Commission to review a utility’s historical PBR plan if the reported ROE is 300 basis points (BP) above or below the approved return on equity (ROE) for two consecutive years, or 500 BP above or below the approved ROE for one year.
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MSA Complaint against AESO Mothball Rule
Readers may recall that back in April of 2018, the MSA filed a complaint with the AUC against the AESO Mothball Outage Reporting rule (ISO Rule Section 306.7).
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2018 Generic Cost of Capital
Final reply arguments in the 2018 GCOC proceeding were submitted in mid-May.
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AESO Capacity Market Design 2
On May 1, 2018 the AESO hosted a session to present on the Comprehensive Market Design version 2.0 (CMD 2). As the design process goes on, more and more technical details are worked out; however, the overall design remains largely unchanged from previous iterations.
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Court of Appeal Decision: Alberta vs ENMAX Energy Corporation
On April 26, 2018 the Court of Appeal of Alberta issued a decision related to the amount of interest a company can charge it’s affiliates given that the interest amount can be applied as a deduction against PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes) charges.
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CCA Complaint against the AESO
The CCA has filed a complaint against the AESO relating to Capacity Market design decisions. While the complaint is presented as a list of concerns about specific design parameters the underlying complaint is that mass market consumers voices have been under-represented in the AESO’s design process.
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Bill 13
On April 20, 2018 DOE hosted a webinar to share information on the recently passed Bill 13. The primary purpose of this bill is to amend five acts in order to enable the AUC, AESO And MSA to fulfill their roles in setting up the capacity market.
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