AltaGas Utilities Inc. (AltaGas) applied for the second stage of the Review & Variance process on the 2018 Generic Cost of Capital (GCOC) proceeding (ID 22750) in January 2020, initiating Proceeding 25031.
Proceeding 24110, the 2021 Generic Cost of Capital (GCOC) Proceeding, stalled in March due to the uncertainty and disruption caused by the COVID-19 virus. On April 23, 2020, the Alberta Utilities Commission (the Commission) opened a dialogue on the possibility of resuming the proceeding and requested submissions from participants in the proceeding.
The Alberta Utilities Commission (the Commission) released Bulletin 2020-20 on May 14, 2020 announcing the creation of a new proceeding (ID 25560) to establish the framework, methodologies and informational requirements that should be used to review proposals for alternate recovery methods of net salvage cost and depreciation expenses.
The Alberta Utilities Commission (the Commission) released a decision (23848) on AltaLink Management Ltd.’s (AltaLink’s) 2019-2021 General Tariff Application (GTA) on April 16, 2020.
The Alberta Utilities Commission (the Commission) released Bulletin 2020-17 on May 8, 2020 announcing the creation of a panel to make recommendations on improving rate applications processes.
On April 15, 2020, the Alberta Electric Systems Operator (AESO) approved an application to the Alberta Utilities Commission (the Commission) to defer the payment of charges under the interim 2020 Independent System Operator (ISO) tariff.[1]
On March 3, 2020 ATCO Gas and Pipelines Ltd. (ATCO Gas) filed its 2020 General Rate Application (GRA) – Phase II requesting approval for its distribution rates, and terms and conditions of distribution service.[1]
The Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) recently released the 2020 Long-term Transmission Plan (LTP). The report describes the AESO’s projections for generation capacity and load in the province over the next 20 years. As part of the LTP, the AESO considered five possible scenarios: the reference case, high cogeneration sensitivity, alternate renewables policy, high load growth, and low load growth. [1]
On September 22, 2019, the Alberta Utilities Commission (the Commission), in Decision 22942-D02-2019, gave its ruling on the 2018 Independent System Operator Tariff application. This decision included approval for the adjusted metering practice proposed by the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO), as well as changes to the substation fraction allocation method. These two changes are particularly significant to distributed connected generators (DCGs).