AUC Initiated Review of the PBR Plans for the ATCO Utilities

On June 1, 2018, the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) initiated a review (Proceeding 23604) on the re-opener provision of the 2013-2017 performance-based regulation (PBR) plans for ATCO Electric and ATCO Gas and Pipelines (ATCO) with regards to 2016 and 2017 financial results.

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AUC Determines Micro-Generation Requirements for Amount of Electricity Production

The Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) recently issued Decision 23412-D01-2018 on the impact of future expected consumption on a ratepayer’s ability to meet the definition of a micro-generating unit, as described in the Micro-generation Regulation (Regulation).

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ATCO Electric 2018-2019 GTA 

  On June 16, 2017 ATCO Electric (AE) submitted its 2018-2019 TFO GTA. 

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ATCO Electric Appeal to Recover Transmission Line Insurance Costs

The Alberta Court of Appeal has denied ATCO Electric leave to appeal the AUC’s decision regarding the inclusion of transmission line insurance costs in their rate application. ATCO Electric had included the cost of third party insurance in their 2015-2017 GTA application revenue requirement, but the Commission denied recovery of those costs. 

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Second Generation Performance Based Regulation (2018-2020)

On December 16, 2016, the AUC released Decision 20414-D01-2016 the second generation of Performance Based Regulation (2018-2022).

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2017 AESO Tariff

On December 2, 2016, the AUC approved an interim tariff for 2017 after concluding that the current hearing would not be completed in time for the AESO requested deadline of December 28, 2016. 

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MSA 2016 Retail Market Reports

On September 6th, the Market Surveillance Administrator released two “Retail Market Reports” titled Assessment of Inter-jurisdictional Retail Rate Comparisons and Trends in Regulated Retail Electricity and Natural Gas Bills.

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AUC Document Request

In a recent R&V Decision*, the AUC directed Canadian Utilities Limited (CUL) to produce documents related to the successful bid for the Fort McMurray West 500kV Transmission Line project.

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