The AUC has released its decision on the Generic Cost of Capital for 2016, 2017 and 2018 (interim).
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Miscellaneous Power Market News
Question to the MSA
On March 2, 2016 the Market Surveillance Administrator published a response to an inquiry by a market participant who is a buyer under a PPA and purchases forward power.
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AESO Line Loss Rule
The AUC has issued a decision (790-D03-2015) on Module B of the AESO Line Loss Rule proceeding.
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Alberta Reliability Standards – Cost Allocation
Generating Unit Owners who are seeking to recover costs incurred to comply with the Critical Infrastructure Projects (CIP) Alberta reliability standards have submitted letters outlining their general position on the factual and legal basis for the recovery of these expenditures through the AESO tariff.
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MSA Complaint Against TransAlta
The Alberta Utilities Commission has approved the Consent Order proposed by the MSA and TransAlta, resolving all outstanding issues in Proceeding 3110 (MSA allegations against TransAlta).
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MSA Complaint Against TransAlta
On September 18, 2015 the Alberta Utilities Commission published a decision (3110-D02-2015) on preliminary matters in phase two of proceeding 3110 (MSA allegations against TransAlta).
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MSA Complaint Against TransAlta
On July 27, the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) issued Decision 3110-D01-2015, ruling on the Market Surveillance Administrator’s (MSA) allegations that TransAlta engaged in anticompetitive behaviour in the Alberta market. Specifically, these events relate to outages at TransAlta units in the period between December 2010 and February 2011. The units in question are subject to Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), which means that different parties (namely, Enmax and Capital Power) are entitled to the output.
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2016 Generic Cost of Capital
The Alberta Utilities Commission has rejected the Alberta Utilities’ proposal to finalize return on equity and capital structures determined in the 2013 generic cost of capital proceeding for 2016.
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2016 Generic Cost of Capital
The CCA, UCA and City of Calgary (the “customers”) have jointly have responded to a proposal by the Alberta Utilities to expedite the 2016 GCOC proceeding.
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2013 Generic Cost of Capital
On March 9, 2015 the Commission released their decision on 2013 Generic Cost of Capital (Decision 2191-D01-2015), which lays out the Commission’s findings on a generic return on equity (ROE) and a common equity structure.
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