EQUS REA Ltd. (“EQUS”) filed an application with the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) on August 10, 2018, requesting the Commission order FortisAlberta Inc. (“Fortis”) to flow-through transmission charges to REA customers in a manner consistent with Fortis rate classes.
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Readers may recall that the Commission recently heard a complaint against FortisAlberta’s Payment in Lieu of notice charge by BURNCO rock products. That particular proceeding is still awaiting a decision by the AUC, however, the Commission recently (February 9, 2018) decided on a similar complaint by a hay processing plant (Dalziel Enterprises).
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On July 27, 2017 BURNCO Rock Products Ltd submitted a complaint against FortisAlberta because of a “Customer Exit Charge” levied against the company when it cancelled service at two of its sites. BURNCO argues that the charge means Fortis is recovering costs that were already recovered through the particular arrangements of the service contracts.
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The AUC has issued decision 22293-D01-2017 on EQUS REA’s application to have FortisAlberta’s Terms & Conditions altered such that EQUS Distributed Generation (DGen) customers on the EQUS system are eligible for Fortis’s option M rate.
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The AUC has issued decision 21768-D01-2017 on the Review & Variance of two decisions involving the sale of REA assets to FortisAlberta. The R&V was initiated by the Commission after it found that the UCA had inadvertently been denied the opportunity to comment on whether the Kingman REA and VMN REA acquisition costs were prudently incurred.
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In Proceeding 22164, FortisAlberta is requesting that the AUC confirm the boundaries of its exclusive municipal franchise areas and order the transfer (from REAs) of any customers that end up in the utility’s exclusive franchise area as a result of the realignment of service areas.
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In December of 2016, FortisAlberta and the municipality of Crowsnest Pass applied to the AUC for approval of the sale of the municipality’s distribution assets to Fortis Alberta for a purchase price of $3.7 million.
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The responses to the Alberta Utilities Commission questions regarding the development of distributed generation (DG) in the province were numerous and varied. They spanned a range of topics from technical solutions to high-level regulatory changes. Given the volume of information available, it is helpful to focus on two main issue which present the most significant challenges and were raised by most of the participants in their responses.
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EQUS Rural Electrification Association (REA) has applied to the AUC to have FortisAlberta’s Terms & Conditions altered such that EQUS Distributed Generation (DG) customers on the EQUS system are eligible for FortisAlberta’s option M rate.
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On December 16, 2016, the AUC released Decision 20414-D01-2016 the second generation of Performance Based Regulation (2018-2022).
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