The Commission released its final report on the distribution system inquiry addressing the complexity surrounding the integration of distributed energy resources (DERs) into Alberta’s electric distribution system. DERs are defined as any technology connected to the distribution grid that affects the supply, demand, or storage of electricity.
In February 2021, the Alberta Utilities Commission (the Commission) accepted a negotiated settlement agreement (NSA) submitted by Direct Energy Regulated Services (DERS). The NSA describes the Energy Price Settlement Plan (EPSP) that DERS will implement from July 1, 2021 to December 31, 2022.
The Commission released a decision in Proceeding 25428: ATCO Gas and Pipeline Ltd.’s (AGPL’s) 2020 Phase II General Rate Application (GRA). AGPL submitted the application to the Commission in March 2020. The CCA, the UCA, Direct Energy Marketing Ltd. (DEML), and the City of Calgary intervened in the proceeding.
The University of Calgary (University) indicates it has identified an opportunity to reconfigure and upgrade its existing power cables to bypass portions of the Enmax Power Corporation’s (EPC) electric distribution system and reduce tariff charges.
The AUC has recently released two bulletins on upcoming rule changes aimed at making AUC processes and procedures more efficient.
Recently, the Alberta Department of Energy hosted two workshops with stakeholders on self-supply and export. The background to these meetings was a report on self-supply and export, submitted to the DOE by the Commission in 2020.
The Commission has initiated a generic proceeding on the current AESO contribution policy to determine whether a contribution should be included in the distribution facility owner’s (DFO) or transmission facility owner’s (TFO) rate base.
Direct Energy Regulated Services (DERS) submitted a negotiated settlement agreement (NSA) regarding its Energy Price Settlement Plan (EPSP) to the Alberta Utilities Commission (the Commission) in November 2020.