In Decision 21341-D01-2017, the Alberta Utilities Commission approved the negotiated settlement agreement for AltaLink’s 2017-2018 GTA. One of the more interesting aspects of the NSA decision is that the Commission applied a new rationale for determining the discount rate to be used when determining net present value.
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On September 7, 2017, the AESO hosted an information session on the latest iteration of capacity market design. The Straw Alberta Market, or SAM 2.0.
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Arguments and Reply have been submitted in ATCO Electric’s 2013-2014 deferral account reconciliation proceeding.
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In Proceeding 22164, FortisAlberta is requesting that the AUC confirm the boundaries of its exclusive municipal franchise areas and order the transfer (from REAs) of any customers that end up in the utility’s exclusive franchise area as a result of the realignment of service areas.
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In December of 2016, FortisAlberta and the municipality of Crowsnest Pass applied to the AUC for approval of the sale of the municipality’s distribution assets to Fortis Alberta for a purchase price of $3.7 million.
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On June 16, 2017 ATCO Electric (AE) submitted its 2018-2019 TFO GTA which includes a proposed revenue requirement of $606.60 million and $627.4 million respectively.
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On July 14, 2017, the Department of Energy hosted an information session for stakeholders on the RRO Rate Cap Regulation for municipalities and REAs.
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On May 17, 2017, the AUC issued Decision 2115-D01-2017 with respect to the AESO’s Historical Trading Report.
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On May 17, 2017, the AESO hosted a stakeholder session on Capacity Market Design. In response to pressure from stakeholders, the AESO’s presentation included actual market design options.
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The responses to the Alberta Utilities Commission questions regarding the development of distributed generation (DG) in the province were numerous and varied. They spanned a range of topics from technical solutions to high-level regulatory changes. Given the volume of information available, it is helpful to focus on two main issue which present the most significant challenges and were raised by most of the participants in their responses.
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