In Proceeding 26510, Capital Power Corporation (Capital Power) presents the Alberta Utilities Commission (the Commission) a complaint against FortisAlberta Inc. (Fortis) regarding additional charges associated to the interconnection of Capital Power’s Strathmore Solar Project (the Strathmore Project).
ATCO Electric Transmission’s (AET) Application for Disposal of its 2018-2020 Transmission Deferral Account and Annual Filing for Adjustment (Proceeding 26573) is now in the stage where the Commission is accepting filings regarding the prudence of the associated projects.
On April 23, the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) released Decision 26061-D01-2021 on the “Commission-Directed Examination of Distribution Facility Owner Payments under the Independent System Operator Tariff Customer Contribution Policy.” Initiated in January, this generic, policy-oriented decision considers transmission contributions paid to the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) by a distribution utility. The decision examines:
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 March 5, 2020 the Commission provided a ruling and closure letter on AltaLink’s request for a generic proceeding into distribution planning criteria.
Following the Alberta Utilities Commission’s (AUC) Decision 22942-D02-2019 (hereafter referred to as the ‘Decision’) on the AESO’s 2018 ISO tariff, various utilities have filed review and variance (R&V) applications on subject matters discussed in the decision.
Preliminary submissions on the generic proceeding on distribution planning criteria were posted to the AUC website on January 17, 2020.
On December 11, 2019, the Alberta Utilities Commission (the Commission) approved the Alberta Electric System Operator’s (AESO) request to reconcile its net deferral account shortfalls with market participants in the years of 2017 and 2018.[1]
Chymko Consulting Ltd. attended the AESO’s Behind the Fence Stakeholder Engagement Session on November 26, 2019.
A resident of the Village of Delia appealed the utility charges for water services applied to a vacant commercial rental property at the AUC for improper imposition and undue discrimination in Proceeding 24678. The AUC released a decision on the appeal on October 1, 2019.