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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Enmax Power Corporation 2016-17 Transmission Tariff
Enmax Power Corporation’s 2016-2017 transmission tariff application is in the last stages with final argument due later in August. To date, there have been relatively few issues raised in this written proceeding. Among the more substantive issues raised are the following.
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AESO Capacity Market Design Straw Proposal
On May 17, 2017, the AESO hosted a stakeholder session on Capacity Market Design. In response to pressure from stakeholders, the AESO’s presentation included actual market design options.
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AUC Distributed Generation Inquiry – Summary of Responses
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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ENMAX 2014-2018 RRO Energy Price Setting Plan
On January 30, 2017, the AUC issued decision 20448-D01-2017 on EMNAX Energy Corporation’s 2014-2018 RRO Energy Price Setting Plan (EPSP). The decision approved major parts of the proposed plan, but still requires ENMAX to submit a compliance filing.
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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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Generic Cost of Capital 2016
The AUC has released its decision on the Generic Cost of Capital for 2016, 2017 and 2018 (interim).
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EPCOR Energy’s 2016-2017 RRT Application
On August 11, 2016 the AUC informed participants in EPCOR Energy’s 2016-2017 regulated rate tariff application proceeding that it had inadvertently relied on the assistance of a visiting scholar who had previously provided evidence on behalf of EPCOR in the same proceeding.
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Second Generation Performance Based Regulation
The oral hearing portion of the Commission-initiated next generation Performance Based Regulation (PBR) generic proceeding wrapped up at the end of July 2016.
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ALTALINK 2015-2016 TFO GTA Decision
On May 10, 2016 the Alberta Utilities Commission posted Decision 3524-D01-2016 on AltaLink’s 2015-16 TFO GTA.
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