On January 18, 2017, the MSA released a report titled “Design Considerations for the Alberta Capacity Market.” The report looks at design options from other jurisdictions, in particular PJM, and makes recommendations on what should be included in the Alberta Capacity market design.
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On January 12, 2016, the AESO hosted a consultation session on the transition to a capacity market structure.
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The AESO 2015 Deferral Account proceeding has reached the phase of oral argument. Both the AESO and the Primary Service Group (PS Group) have submitted evidence and oral argument.
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The on-going AESO line loss hearing is slowly moving towards a resolution with the Commission recently deciding on preliminary compensation issues in the third scheduled module of the line loss hearing. While the recent decision does not yet establish compensation levels for the rule, which the AUC declared unlawful, it does decide some details on how the compensation will be distributed and to whom.
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On October 20, 2016, ATCO Electric submitted a review and variance (R&V) application in regards to Decision 20272-D01-2016 on ATCO Electric’s 2015-2017 TFO general tariff application.
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On September 19, the AESO published stakeholder comments regarding the scope of a future 2017 tariff application. Most notable is the response from proponents of energy storage.
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On August 25, the Alberta Utilities Commission released Bulletin 2016-16 to provide resolution for the proceeding it initiated in January 2013 to investigate potential new policies to mitigate the impacts of recovering the cost of new transmission infrastructure.
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On July 20th, the Commission and the Primary Service Group filed their information requests to the AESO for the current deferral account proceeding.
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The AESO filed its 2015 Deferral Account Reconciliation Application on June 17th.
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On May 5, 2016, the AESO released it 2016 Long-Term Outlook (LTO). The report describes the AESO’s projections for generation capacity and load in the province over the next 20 years.
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