In this decision, the AUC considered AltaGas Utilities Inc.’s (“AltaGas”) 2016 capital tracker true-up application (the “Application”).
In this decision, the Commission made the following determinations:
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because three projects, Drumheller Phase 6 (town), Settler Area 1 (town), and Erskine (rural) were not previously determined by the AUC to be needed, the AUC assessed these projects and found all three to be needed.
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the actual scope, level, timing and actual costs of each of the projects or programs included in the 2016 true-up were prudently incurred and satisfied the project assessment requirement of Criterion 1.
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the capital tracker projects or programs included in the 2016 true-up continued to meet the requirements of the accounting test under Criterion 1.
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there was no need to reassess the project or program requirements against Criterion 2, unless the driver for the project or program had changed.
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the projects or programs included in the 2016 true-up satisfied the materiality requirement under Criterion 3.
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with one exception (discussed below), the AUC found that AltaGas complied with previous Commission directions.