On November 3, 2015, the AESO gave notice cancelling any further consultation on the proposed Rider I Amortized Construction Contribution Rider.
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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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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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AESO Connection Process
On April 16, 2015, the AESO met with Industry stakeholders to present information on refinements being made to the AESO connection process. Various initiatives are discussed below.
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AltaLink 2012-13 Deferral Account
On December 17, 2014, AltaLink filed an application to reconcile the capital expenses of AESO direct assign projects completed during 2012 and 2013.
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Power Pool Trading Report
In a notice posted on April 7th, the AESO indicated that it is indefinitely postponing changes to its historical trading report.
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AESO Line Loss Rule
Recall from previous Industry Updates that the AUC, on complaint from Milner Power and ATCO Power, determined that the 2005 line loss rule is discriminatory and that Milner Power may be entitled to some relief and remedy (Decision 2014-110). With this Decision, the Commission moved on to phase 2 of the proceeding, which it has split into three main issues or modules.
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Operating Reserve Market Redesign
In 2010 and 2011, the AESO implemented changes to the operating reserve market. Recently, the AESO released a post-implementation report assessing the redesigned operating reserve market against the redesign goals.
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Transmission Constraint Management Cost Recovery
Recall from the previous industry update that the AESO has been conferring with market participants on a revised Transmission Constraint Management (TCM) Rule. Part of the revision includes modifying how the AESO recovers costs related to Real Time Transmission must run (RTMR). In October, the AESO responded to stakeholder comments on proposed changes.
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