In Proceeding 27256, the Alberta Utilities Commission (the “Commission”) publishes its final Hydrogen Inquiry Report that details its considerations and recommendations for hydrogen blending in Alberta.
The Alberta Legislature introduced Bill 22, the Electricity Statutes (Modernizing Alberta’s Electricity Grid) Amendment Act on April 27, 2022. The acceptance of this bill would make several amendments to the Alberta Utility Commission Act (“AUC Act”), the Electric Utilities Act (“EU Act”), and the Hydro and Electric Energy Act (“HEE Act”) to enable energy storage, encourage more self-supply with export, expand the responsibilities of the Minister of Energy (“the Minister”) and begin winding down the Balancing Pool by redistributing its responsibilities.[1]
In Alberta Utilities Commission (“the Commission”) proceeding 27013, the Commission Enforcement staff (“Enforcement Staff”) and ATCO Electric Ltd. (“ATCO Electric”) jointly file a settlement agreement concerning the contraventions and proposed penalties for ATCO Electric’s Jasper Interconnection Project (“Jasper Project”) procurement practices.
In Alberta Utility Commission (AUC) proceeding 26668, the AUC decides whether the exit charges FortisAlberta Inc. (Fortis) levied on consumers wanting to change their service provider to EQUS REA Ltd. (EQUS) are reasonable considering Fortis and EQUS’s Integrated Operation Agreement (IOA) and Fortis’s Terms and Conditions (T&Cs).
Bill 86 passed through its first reading in the second session of the 30th Alberta Legislature. The stated objective of the bill is to clarify energy storage policy and regulation in the province.
The Alberta Utilities Commission is reviewing the exemptions around power plant self-supply and export.
The Capacity Market Regulation was filed by the Minister of Energy on December 14, 2018, pursuant to sections of the Electric Utilities Act (EUA), which allow the Minister to make regulations regarding the capacity market.
The Electric Utilities Act (EUA) requires the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) to establish a process for interested parties to propose new or modify existing Independent System Operator (ISO) rules. The AESO outlined plans for a process on October 18, 2018.
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On January 1, 2016 new Code of Conduct (AR 58/2015) regulation came in to effect.
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