TransAlta and TransCanada have both submitted a request to review and vary (R&V) Decision 21115-D01-2017 in which the AUC found the Historical Trading Report is contrary to market efficiency, and directed the AESO to cease publishing.
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On June 16, 2017 ATCO Electric (AE) submitted its 2018-2019 TFO GTA.
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The Alberta Court of Appeal has denied ATCO Electric leave to appeal the AUC’s decision regarding the inclusion of transmission line insurance costs in their rate application. ATCO Electric had included the cost of third party insurance in their 2015-2017 GTA application revenue requirement, but the Commission denied recovery of those costs.
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On October 30, 2017 the AUC issued a decision on ENMAX Energy’s 2016-2018 Energy Price Setting Plan (EPSP). The plan has been in front of the Commission since 2015 while various (and at times very detailed) aspects of the energy procurement method were discussed.
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On October 27, 2017 the DOE hosted an Capacity Market Engagement Session on resource adequacy. Essentially, the DOE is looking for feedback from stakeholders on the province’s tolerance to outages in order to develop an appropriate resource adequacy standard for the capacity market. Additionally, they are keen to do so quickly because the standard will drive the AESO’s determination of how much capacity to procure, an important input for market design.
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On July 27, 2017 BURNCO Rock Products Ltd submitted a complaint against FortisAlberta because of a “Customer Exit Charge” levied against the company when it cancelled service at two of its sites. BURNCO argues that the charge means Fortis is recovering costs that were already recovered through the particular arrangements of the service contracts.
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The AUC has issued decision 22293-D01-2017 on EQUS REA’s application to have FortisAlberta’s Terms & Conditions altered such that EQUS Distributed Generation (DGen) customers on the EQUS system are eligible for Fortis’s option M rate.
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The AUC has issued decision 21768-D01-2017 on the Review & Variance of two decisions involving the sale of REA assets to FortisAlberta. The R&V was initiated by the Commission after it found that the UCA had inadvertently been denied the opportunity to comment on whether the Kingman REA and VMN REA acquisition costs were prudently incurred.
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Enel Energy and the AESO have put forward argument and reply argument in proceeding 22367 on Enel’s complaint against the AESO. The complaint is related to the customer contribution for connecting Castle Rock Ridge (CRR) wind farm near Pincher Creek to the Alberta electric system.
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Enmax Power has responded to intervener arguments in the 2016-2017 GTA transmission tariff proceeding.
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