The Commission released a decision regarding the first stage of the University of Calgary’s (the University’s) duplication avoidance tariff application (ID 25926) and therefore its opportunity to receive a bypass avoidance rate. Readers may recall an earlier industry update discussing the details of the application.
The Commission has released two decision reports regarding Proceeding 24964. Readers may recall previous updates pertaining to the submissions filed in this proceeding.
The Alberta Utilities Commission (the Commission) received submissions from DFOs and intervenors on the structure of the 2023 Cost-of-Service (COS) Proceeding, focussed mainly on more efficient alternatives to the traditional line-by-line forecast reviews.
On March 1, the Alberta Utilities Commission issued Bulletin 2021-04 to announce its intention to evaluate performance-based regulation (PBR) in Alberta and to determine process to establish 2023 rates for distribution facility owners. The review contains two parts: (i) review and assessment of legacy PBR performance; and (ii) a cost-of-service review to establish 2023 rates. The Commission established Proceeding 26356 to address the first part and parties filed their initial submissions on April 22.
On September 11, 2020, Enmax Power Corporation (Enmax) filed a Transmission Facility Owner general tariff application for 2021-22, initiating Proceeding 25726. Following initial information requests, the Alberta Utilities Commission (the AUC) suspended the process until February 2021 over a disagreement regarding Enmax’s reporting of 2020 expenses, the year prior to the proposed tariff. Enmax filed the application with an estimate of 2020 expenses from May 2020, but in December the AUC directed Enmax to update the 2020 forecast based on nine months of recorded 2020 expenses.
On April 23, the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) released Decision 26061-D01-2021 on the “Commission-Directed Examination of Distribution Facility Owner Payments under the Independent System Operator Tariff Customer Contribution Policy.” Initiated in January, this generic, policy-oriented decision considers transmission contributions paid to the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) by a distribution utility. The decision examines:
EPCOR Energy Alberta Inc. (EEA) is applying for approval of a new Energy Price Setting Plan (EPSP), which, if successful, will replace the 2018-2021 EPSP and stay in effect until June 30, 2024. [1]
The Alberta Utilities Commission (the Commission) released a decision on ATCO Pipeline’s (AP’s) 2021-2023 General Rate Application (GRA) in Proceeding 25663.
The Alberta Utilities Commission (the Commission) released a decision on AltaLink Management Ltd.’s (AML’s) 2021-2023 Tariff Refund Application.
The Alberta Utilities Commission (the Commission) released a decision in Proceeding 26212: the 2022 Generic Cost of Capital (GCOC).