The AUC has denied ATCO Power’s request for a review and variance (R&V) of Decision 2014-242: 2014 ISO Tariff Application and 2013 ISO Tariff Update in regards to rate SOS.
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ENMAX 2014 – 2015 GTA Compliance Filing
On August 11, 2015 the AUC issued Decision 20124-D01-2015 on ENMAX Power’s 2014-2015 TFO GTA and 2014 Phase 1 Distribution Tariff application compliance filing.
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AESO Constraint Management Cost Recovery
The AESO has filed an application to amend the ISO tariff for the purposes of recovering the costs paid to market participants for transmission constraint rebalancing in accordance with the Revised ISO Real Time Transmission Constraint Management Rule (“TCM Rule”).
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MSA Complaint Against TransAlta
On July 27, the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) issued Decision 3110-D01-2015, ruling on the Market Surveillance Administrator’s (MSA) allegations that TransAlta engaged in anticompetitive behaviour in the Alberta market. Specifically, these events relate to outages at TransAlta units in the period between December 2010 and February 2011. The units in question are subject to Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), which means that different parties (namely, Enmax and Capital Power) are entitled to the output.
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TAC Deferral Account – Annual Applications
The AUC has approved the use of a harmonized schedules template for annual transmission access charge (TAC) deferral account applications.
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2016 Generic Cost of Capital
The Alberta Utilities Commission has rejected the Alberta Utilities’ proposal to finalize return on equity and capital structures determined in the 2013 generic cost of capital proceeding for 2016.
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CCA Advance Funding Request
On June 27, the CCA applied to the AUC requesting advanced funding for their participation in three separate proceedings: AltaLink 2012-2013 Deferral Account Reconciliation (DAR) application, AltaLink 2015-2016 GTA, and ATCO Electric 2015-2017 GTA.
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AESO 2012-2014 Tariff Compliance Filing Errata
On June 17 2015, the Commission issued errata to decision 3473-DO1-2015 regarding the AESO’s 2014 ISO Tariff Compliance Filing.
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AESO Connection Process
The AESO has posted their response to Stakeholder comments on proposed new ISO Rule 501.3 Abbreviated Needs Identification Process.
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Stakeholder Dispute Resolutions, a “Grassroots” Proposal
On June 17, 2015, the AESO and IPPSA jointly made a public presentation to discuss how industry might be able to better resolve potential disputes before they are brought to more formalized consultations or processes under the AESO, AUC, or MSA.
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