ENMAX Energy Corporation (ENMAX) applied to the Alberta Utilities Commission (the Commission) for a Regulated Rate Option (RRO) non-energy COVID-19 deferral account.
The Alberta Utilities Commission (the Commission) denied AltaGas Utilities Inc.’s (AltaGas’s) Stage II Review and Variance Application on the 2018 Generic Cost of Capital (GCOC) proceeding.
The AUC is implementing materiality thresholds for cost of service applications with the stated intention of improving efficiency and reducing regulatory burden.
On December 17, 2019, the Town of Devon filed an application to the Commission requesting a stay and a review and variance (R&V) of Decision 24435-D01-2019 which found Devon’s current rates to be discriminatory towards Imperial Enterprises Inc.’s (Imperial), and therefore ordered Devon to change the rates charged to Imperial going forward as well as to refund Imperial the difference since January of 2019.
On July 2, 2020, the Commission released a decision ruling on the reasonableness of the acquisition costs associated with the sale and transfer of the Fort Macleod Electric Distribution System to Fortis Alberta Inc. (Fortis) being recovered through Fortis’ rates.
In response to ATCO Electric’s R&V application, the Alberta Utilities Commission (the Commission) varied the original decision on ATCO’s 2018-2019 General Tariff Application.
The AESO held its third technical session regarding participant related costs and distribution facility operator (DFO) cost flow-through on June 25, 2020. This session related to further discuss updates and revisions to its proposal on substation fractioning (the division of costs between load and supply participants connected to the distribution system) to be submitted to the Commission. Readers may recall earlier industry updates discussing previous technical sessions. The AESO’s most recent updates may be relevant for cost flow-through purposes in the event the City’s distribution system is connected to a generator in the future.
The Commission initiated Distribution Inquiry Proceeding (ID 24116) Modules 2 and 3 are currently underway and focus on how the different technologies presented and discussed in Module One can connect to the distribution system. Readers may recall earlier industry updates discussing Module One.
In the 2021 Generic Cost of Capital (GCOC) proceeding (ID 24110), the Commission published a list of options for the Alberta Utilities to establish the path that each utility will take to determine their return on equity and equity thickness for 2021.