Self-Supply

Bill 22, the Electricity Statutes Amendment Act, Passes First Reading

The Alberta Legislature introduced Bill 22, the Electricity Statutes (Modernizing Alberta’s Electricity Grid) Amendment Act on April 27, 2022. The acceptance of this bill would make several amendments to the Alberta Utility Commission Act (“AUC Act”), the Electric Utilities Act (“EU Act”), and the Hydro and Electric Energy Act (“HEE Act”) to enable energy storage, encourage more self-supply with export, expand the responsibilities of the Minister of Energy (“the Minister”) and begin winding down the Balancing Pool by redistributing its responsibilities.[1]



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DOE Consultations on Self-Supply and Export

Recently, the Alberta Department of Energy hosted two workshops with stakeholders on self-supply and export. The background to these meetings was a report on self-supply and export, submitted to the DOE by the Commission in 2020. 



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Update on AUC Position on Self-Supply Assets

The responses to AUC Bulletin 2020-01 regarding potential amendments to the legislation on self-supply assets and exporting self-supplied energy were submitted on February 14, 2020.



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The AUC’s Position on Self-Supplying Assets

In February 2019, the Alberta Utilities Commission released a decision in Proceeding 23418 regarding EPCOR Water’s application to construct and operate a solar power plant to be used to supply an adjacent water treatment plant.



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