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Link to Decision Summarized Solar Power - Facilities Application Acestes Power ULC applied to the AUC for permission to construct and operate the 19.8-megawatt Duchess Solar Power Plant Project (the “Project”), located on 320 acres of private, cultivated land near the...
Link to Decision Summarized Solar Power - Facilities Application AltaLink Management Ltd. (“AML”) applied to the AUC for approval to alter and connect existing Transmission Line 944L (“Line 944L”) to the 220-megawatt (“MW”) Jurassic Solar+ Power Plant, 80-MW battery...
Link to Decision Summarized Solar Power - Facilities Application 2113260 Alberta Ltd., operating as Oyen Solar Partners (“OSP”), requested permission to alter the 15-megawatt Oyen Community Solar Project (the “Power Plant”) located near the Town of Oyen, Alberta. OSP...
Link to Decision SummarizedElectricity - FacilitiesApplicationIn Decision 27623-D01-2022 (16 November 2022), the AUC approved Jurassic Solar GP Ltd.’s (“Jurassic Solar”) 220-megawatt solar power plant with a battery energy storage system (the “Power Plant”) and...
Link to Decision SummarizedSolar Power - FacilitiesApplicationCanadian Utilities Limited (“CUL”), a designated owner of a public utility, applied for approval of the transfer of ownership of all of the assets comprising the Deerfoot Solar Project and the Barlow Solar...
Link to Decision SummarizedSolar Power - FacilitiesApplicationSolar Krafte Utilities Inc. (“Solar Krafte”) applied for approvals to construct and operate a 60-megawatt (“MW”) Vauxhall Solar Power Plant and associated Solstice 549S Substation (collectively, the...
Link to Decision SummarizedSolar Power - FacilitiesApplicationRocktree Solar Inc. (“Rocktree”), wholly owned and operated by Volatrix Group Inc., applied for permission to construct and operate the 18.4-megawatt (“MW”) Rocktree Solar Project (the “Project”). The...
Link to Decision SummarizedSolar Power - FacilitiesApplicationNU-E Corp (“NU-E”) filed a checklist application with the AUC to construct and operate the 8.75-megawatt (“MW”) Lethbridge 1 Solar Project (the “Power Plant”) on 40 acres of private, cultivated land in the...
Link to Decision SummarizedFacilities - ElectricityApplicationBER Wheatcrest Solar GP Inc. (“BER”) applied to the AUC for approval to construct and operate a new 138-kilovolt one-kilometre transmission line (“Line 763AAL”) to connect the 60-megawatt Wheatcrest Solar...
Link to Decision SummarizedSolar Power - FacilitiesApplicationJurassic Solar GP Ltd. (“Jurassic”) applied to the AUC for approval to construct and operate a 220-megawatt (“MW”) solar power plant, a battery energy storage system (“BESS”) with a storage capacity of up...
Link to Decision SummarizedFacilities - ElectricityApplicationsTransCanada Energy Ltd. (“TransCanada”) has approval to construct and operate the 102.5-megawatt Saddlebrook Solar and Battery Storage Project (the “Power Plant”) located near Aldersyde. TransCanada also...
Link to Decision SummarizedBattery Energy Storage - FacilitiesApplicationConcord Monarch GP2 Ltd. (“Concord Monarch”) filed an application with the AUC for approval to alter the already approved Monarch Solar Project (the “Power Plant”) by adding a 21-megawatt,...
Link to Decision SummarizedBattery Energy Storage - FacilitiesApplicationConcord Coaldale GP2 Ltd. (“Concord”) filed an application with the AUC for approval to alter the already approved Coaldale Solar Project (the “Power Plant”) by adding a 21-megawatt,...
Link to Decision SummarizedSolar Power - FacilitiesApplicationGeorgetown Solar Inc. (“Georgetown”) filed applications with the AUC for permission to construct and operate the 230-megawatt Georgetown Solar Power Plant, a 200-megawatt-hour battery energy storage system,...
Link to Decision SummarizedFacilities - Solar PowerApplicationBig Sky Solar GP Inc. (“Big Sky”) applied for permission to construct and operate the 140-megawatt Big Sky Solar Power Plant (the “Power Plant”) and the associated Bullseye 1004S Substation (collectively,...
Link to Decision SummarizedSolar - FacilitiesApplicationKiwetinohk Energy Corp. (“KEC”) filed applications with the AUC for approval to construct and operate the 400-megawatt Homestead solar power plant and substation. The power plant consists of approximately...
Link to Decision SummarizedPower Plant Approval - Enchant Solar ProjectApplicationCapital Power Generation Services Inc. (“Capital Power”) filed two letters of enquiry relating to facilities under construction under Approval 27025-D02-2021 (a solar power plant...
Link to Decision SummarizedSolar Power - FacilitiesApplicationAcestes Power ULC (“Acestes”) applied to construct and operate the 23.6-megawatt Tilley Solar Project (the “Project”) and to connect the Project to FortisAlberta Inc.’s 25-kilovolt electric distribution...
Link to Decision SummarizedSolar Power - FacilitiesApplicationConcord Stavely GP2 Ltd. (“Concord”) applied for amendments and a time extension to the Stavely Solar Power Project (the “Power Plant”) located in Stavely, Alberta.DecisionThe AUC evaluated the Power Plant,...
Link to Decision SummarizedFacilities - Solar PowerIn this decision, the AUC approved the application from Solar Krafte Utilities Inc. (“Solar Krafte”) to construct and operate the 400-megawatt (“MW”) Brooks Solar Farm (the “Power Plant”). The AUC also approved the...
Link to Decision SummarizedSolar Power - FacilitiesIn this decision, the AUC approved the application from 2079816 Alberta Ltd., as general partner of PACE Canada LP, to construct and operate the Hanna Solar Project, a 13-megawatt solar power plant (the “Project”),...
Link to Decision SummarizedInformation Sharing - FEOCIn this decision, the AUC approved the application from the Balancing Pool for the preferential sharing of records that are not available to the public pertaining to the electricity and ancillary services markets...
Link to Decision SummarizedMarket Oversight and Enforcement - FEOCIn this decision, the AUC approved the application by the Balancing Pool for an order to permit the sharing of records pertaining to the electricity and ancillary services markets under Section 3 of the...
Link to Decision SummarizedMarket Oversight and Enforcement - FEOCIn this decision, the AUC approved the application by the Balancing Pool for an order to permit the sharing of records pertaining to the electricity and ancillary services markets under Section 3 of the...
Link to Decision SummarizedJudicial Review - MootIn this decision, the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench (“ABQB”) dismissed an application for judicial review from The Edmonton River Valley Conservation Coalition Society (the “Society”), claiming that the Edmonton City...
Link to Decision SummarizedFacilities - SolarIn this decision, the AUC approved the applications from AltaLink Management Ltd. (“AML”) for permission to construct and operate the Dunmore Solar Project Connection.AUC Findings and DecisionAML applied to the AUC for...
Link to Decision SummarizedFacilities - Solar PowerIn this decision, the AUC approved the application from TransCanada Energy Ltd. (“TCE”) for approval to construct and operate a 102.5-megawatt (“MW”) solar power plant, a 6.5-MW storage facility, and the Saddlebrook...
Link to Decision SummarizedMarket Oversight and Enforcement - FEOCIn this decision, the AUC approved the application from Travers Solar GP Ltd. (“Travers Solar”) for an order permitting it to share records pertaining to the electricity and ancillary services markets...
Link to Decision SummarizedSolar Power - FacilitiesIn this decision, the AUC approved an application from SWITCH Power Corporation (“SWITCH”) and its general partner, 2079816 Alberta Ltd., to construct and operate the 6.0-megawatt Youngstown Solar Power Plant (the...
Link to Decision SummarizedCommunity Generating UnitsIn this decision, the AUC approved the application from Brooks Solar II GP Inc. (“Brooks Solar”) to qualify the Brooks Solar II Power Plant (the “Power Plant”), located in the County of Newell, as two community...
Link to Decision SummarizedFacilities - Solar PowerIn this decision, the AUC approved the applications from Horus Solar Alberta Ltd. (“Horus”) to construct and operate the 350-megawatt (“MW”) Kirkcaldy solar power plant (the “Power Plant”) and the Kirkcaldy 1009S...
Link to Decision SummarizedFacilities - SolarIn this decision, the Alberta Utilities Commission (“AUC”) approved a needs identification document (“NID”) application from the Alberta Electric System Operator (“AESO”). It further approved three of four facility...
Link to Decision SummarizedFacilities - SolarIn this decision, the Alberta Utilities Commission (“AUC”) approved the application from Irrigation Canal Power Co-operative Ltd. (“IRRICAN”) to qualify the 938-kilowatt (“kW”) Fincastle Solar Project (the “Project”) as a...
Link to Decision SummarizedFacilities - SolarIn this decision, the Alberta Utilities Commission (“AUC”) approved the application from Gleichen Solar Project Inc. (“Gleichen”) to construct and operate a 13.3-megawatt solar power plant, designated as the Gleichen Solar...
Link to Decision SummarizedSolar PowerIn this decision, the AUC approved the application from Irrigation Canal Power Co-operative Ltd. (“IRRICAN”) and qualified the 999-kilowatt (“kW”) Barnwell Solar Project (the “Project”) as a community generating...
Link to Decision SummarizedSolar PowerIn this decision, the AUC approved applications from Dunmore Solar Inc. (“Dunmore”) to construct and operate the Dunmore Solar Project (the “Project”). The Project consists of a 216-megawatt (“MW”) solar power plant and the...
Link to Decision SummarizedCommunity Generating Unit - Solar PowerIn this decision, the AUC approved the application from East Strathmore Solar Project Inc. (“ESSPI”) for amendments to the East Strathmore Solar Power Plant (the “Power Plant”). The AUC also designated...
Link to Decision SummarizedSolar Power - FacilitiesIn this decision, the AUC approved the application from Brooks Solar II GP Inc. (“Brooks Solar”) for amendments to the Brooks Solar II Project (the “Project”) and to transfer ownership of the Project to Brooks Solar...
Link to Decision SummarizedSolar Power - FacilitiesIn this decision, the AUC approved applications from Aura Power Renewables Ltd. (“Aura Power”) to construct and operate a 25-kilovolt (“kV”) power plant, near the town of Provost, Alberta, designated as the Metiskow...
Link to Decision SummarizedSolar Power Plant - Facilities In this decision, the AUC approved the applications from Shell Canada Limited ("Shell") to construct and operate a 4.6-megawatt ("MW") solar power plant at the Scotford industrial complex in the Fort...
Link to Decision SummarizedFacilities - Solar Power In this decision, the AUC approved the applications from Aura Power Renewables Ltd. (“Aura Power”) to construct and operate a 22.5-megawatt (“MW”) solar power plant, designated as the Killarney Lake Solar Project,...
Link to Decision SummarizedSolar Energy Facility Application - Environmental and Visual Affects - Property Values In this decision, the AUC approved applications from SunAlta Solar Inc. (“SunAlta”) to construct and operate a power plant designated as the SunAlta Solar...
Link to Decision SummarizedSolar - Facilities In this decision, the AUC approved the application from Concord Monarch GP2 Ltd. (“Concord”) to amend its power plant approval and finalize its generation equipment for the Monarch Solar Project.In Decision 25711-D02-2020,...
Link to Decision SummarizedFacilities - Solar Plant - Capability Decrease In this decision, the AUC approved the application from Concord Vulcan G2 Ltd. (“Concord”) to amend its power plant approval and finalize its generation equipment for the Vulcan Solar...
Link to Decision SummarizedFacilities - Solar Plant In this decision, the AUC approved an application from Three Nations Energy GP Inc. (“Three Nations”) for the alteration of a power plant designated as the Fort Chipewyan Solar Generation Facility (Phase...
Link to Decision SummarizedFacilities - Solar Plant In this decision, the AUC approved an application from Elemental Energy Renewables Inc. (“Elemental Energy”) to alter the Chappice Lake Solar Project (the “Project”) by adding a 3.6-megawatt/10-megawatt hour battery...
Link to Decision SummarizedFacilities - Solar Plant In this decision, the AUC approved the application from Aura Power Renewables Ltd. (“Aura”) to amend the previously approved 75-megawatt (“MW”) solar plant designated as the Fox Coulee Solar Project (the ”Power...
Link to Decision SummarizedOwnership Transfer – Connection In this decision, the AUC varied specific findings in Decision 24434-D01-2021 (the “Decision”) following an application from C&B Alberta Solar Development ULC (“CBA”). Based on CBA’s changes to its...
Link to Decision SummarizedOwnership Transfer – Connection In this decision, the AUC varied specific findings in Decision 24434-D01-2021 (the “Decision”) following an application from C&B Alberta Solar Development ULC (“CBA”). Based on CBA’s changes to its...
Link to Decision SummarizedFacilities - Solar Generation In this decision, the AUC approved an application from Solar Krafte Utilities Inc. (“Solar Krafte”) to construct and operate a power plant designated as the Strathmore Solar Project, and to connect the proposed...