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Link to Decision Summarized Download Summary in PDF Offer Control – Calculation Method Application The Market Surveillance Administrator ("MSA") filed an application requesting the Alberta Utilities Commission ("AUC") to determine whether its decision to name a market...
Link to Decision Summarized Download Summary in PDF Rates - Electricity Application Pivotal Energy Partners Inc. (“Pivotal Energy”) applied under s 3 of the Fair, Efficient and Open Competition Regulation (“FEOCR”), seeking permission to share records not available to...
Link to Decision Summarized Download Summary in PDF Electricity – Markets Application On August 3, 2023, the Government of Alberta (“GoA”) issued an order-in-council (“Order”) directing the AUC to hold an inquiry into the ongoing economic, orderly and efficient...
Link to Decision Summarized Market Development– Reliability Scope of Study The Government of Alberta directed the AUC to conduct an inquiry regarding the impact of the rising level of renewable energy on the Alberta electricity system, more specifically, the changes...
Link to Decision Summarized Utility Billing - Rules The Alberta Utilities Commission (“AUC”) initiated a consultation process to incorporate requirements for emergency billing relief into a new rule to provide predictability and transparency for stakeholders. The AUC...
Link to Decision Summarized Electricity - Markets Application Northstone Power Corporation (“Northstone”) applied pursuant to s 3 of the Fair, Efficient and Open Competition Regulation (“FEOCR”) seeking permission to share records not available to the public regarding...
Link to Decision Summarized Hydro Power - Markets Application ATCO Renewables Ltd. (“ATCO Renewables”) applied pursuant to s 3 of the Fair, Efficient and Open Competition Regulation (“FEOCR”) seeking permission to share records not available to the public regarding...
Link to Decision Summarized Electricity - ISO Rules Application The Alberta Electric System Operator (“AESO”) applied for approval of amendments to s 306.4, Transmission Planned Outage Reporting and Coordination of the Independent System Operator (“ISO”) Rules....
Link to Decision Summarized Markets – Code of Conduct Compliance Application Direct Energy Marketing Limited (“DEML”) applied for approval of amendments to the Code of Conduct Regulation Compliance Plan of Direct Energy Regulated Services (“DERS”), Direct Energy...
Link to Decision Summarized Solar Power - Markets Application Michichi Solar GP Inc. (“Michichi”) applied pursuant to s 3 of the Fair, Efficient and Open Competition Regulation (“FEOCR”), seeking permission to share records not available to the public. The information...
Link to Decision Summarized Solar Power - Markets Application Kneehill Solar GP Ltd. (“Kneehill”) applied pursuant to s 3 of the Fair, Efficient and Open Competition Regulation (“FEOCR”), seeking permission to share records not available to the public. The information...
Link to Decision Summarized Markets - Rules Application AUC enforcement staff (“Enforcement Staff”) and the Consumers’ Coalition of Alberta (“CCA”) applied for approval of a settlement agreement (“Settlement”) related to a disclosure of confidential information by the...
Link to Decision Summarized Solar - Markets Application Claresholm Solar GP Ltd. (“Claresholm Solar”) applied pursuant to s 3 of the Fair, Efficient and Open Competition Regulation (“FEOCR”), seeking permission to share records not available to the public. The...
Link to Decision Summarized Solar - Markets Application Achernar GP Ltd. (“Achernar”) applied pursuant to s 3 of the Fair, Efficient and Open Competition Regulation (“FEOCR”), seeking permission to share records not available to the public. The information was related...
Link to Decision Summarized Wind Power - Markets Application Forty Mile Granlea Wind GP Inc. (“Forty Mile”) applied pursuant to s 3 of the Fair, Efficient and Open Competition Regulation (“FEOCR”), seeking permission to share records not available to the public...
Link to Decision Summarized Wind Power - Markets Application Enfinite Corporation (“Enfinite”) applied pursuant to s 3 of the Fair, Efficient and Open Competition Regulation (“FEOCR”), seeking permission to share records not available to the public. The information...
Link to Decision Summarized Solar Power - Markets Application General Land & Power Corp. (“GLP”) applied pursuant to s 3 of the Fair, Efficient and Open Competition Regulation (“FEOCR”), seeking permission to share records not available to the public regarding the...
Link to Decision Summarized Electricity - Records Application BA2 Wind GP Corp. (“BA2 Wind”) applied to the AUC under s 3(3) of the Fair, Efficient and Open Competition Regulation (“FEOCR”), seeking permission to share records not available to the public between BA2...
Link to Decision Summarized Electricity - Records Application BA1 Wind GP Corp., as general partner of BA1 Wind LP, (“BA1”) applied under the Fair, Efficient and Open Competition Regulation (“FEOCR”), seeking permission to share records not available to the public...
Link to Decision Summarized Wind Power - Markets Application BA4 Wind GP Corp. (“BA4 Wind”), applied pursuant to s 3 of the Fair, Efficient and Open Competition Regulation (“FEOCR”), seeking permission to share records not available to the public regarding the Buffalo...
Link to Decision Summarized Electricity - Markets Application NuVista Energy Ltd. (“NuVista”) applied pursuant to s 3 of the Fair, Efficient and Open Competition Regulation (“FEOCR”), seeking permission to share records not available to the public regarding the...
Link to Decision Summarized Electricity - Markets Application TransAlta Corporation (“TransAlta”) submitted to the AUC that the interim order issued in Decision 27168-D01-2023, regarding an operations and maintenance agreement (the “O&M Agreement”) reached between...
Link to Decision Summarized Market - Enforcement Application Enforcement staff of the AUC (“Enforcement Staff”) applied to the AUC for approval of a settlement agreement between Enforcement Staff and Persist Oil & Gas Inc. (“Persist”) related to a contravention...
Link to Decision Summarized Gas – Markets Application The Market Surveillance Administrator (“MSA”) applied for approval of a settlement agreement between the MSA, EPCOR Energy Alberta GP Inc. as general partner of EPCOR Energy Alberta Limited Partnership...
Link to Decision Summarized Performance-Based Regulation Plan - Rates Application In Bulletin 2022-006, issued on May 26, 2022, the Alberta Utilities Commission (“AUC”) initiated Proceeding 27388 to establish the parameters of the performance-based regulation (“PBR”)...
Link to Decision Summarized Solar - Markets Application Concord Vulcan GP2 Ltd. (“Vulcan GP2”) applied pursuant to s 3 of the Fair, Efficient and Open Competition Regulation (“FEOCR”), seeking permission to share records not available to the public regarding the...
Link to Decision Summarized Electricity – Markets Application The Market Surveillance Administrator (“MSA”) applied for approval of a settlement agreement (the “Settlement”) between the MSA, Canadian Hydro Developers Inc. (“Canadian Hydro”), and TransAlta Corporation...
Link to Decision Summarized Electricity - Records Application Concord Monarch GP2 Ltd. (“Concord”) applied, under s 3 of the Fair, Efficient and Open Competition Regulation (“FEOCR”), seeking permission to share non-public records related to the Monarch Solar Project...
Link to Decision Summarized Solar – Records Application Concord Coaldale GP2 Ltd. (“Coaldale GP2”) applied under s 3 of the Fair, Efficient and Open Competition Regulation (“FEOCR”), seeking permission to share records not available to the public between Coaldale,...
Link to Decision Summarized Solar - Records Application 2079816 Alberta Ltd., as general partner of PACE LP (the “Applicant”), applied under s 3 of the Fair, Efficient and Open Competition Regulation (“FEOCR”), seeking permission to share records not available to the...
Link to Decision Summarized Electricity - Markets On August 3, 2023, the Alberta government issued Order in Council O.C. 171/2023, directing the AUC to inquire and report to the Minister of Affordability and Utilities on the following considerations: the development...
Link to Decision Summarized Markets - Enforcement Application AUC enforcement staff (“Enforcement Staff”) filed an application with the AUC alleging that Salt Box Coulee Water Supply Company Ltd. (“Salt Box”), a public utility pursuant to the Public Utilities Act...
Link to Decision Summarized Public Utilities Act – Debt Issuance Application AltaLink Management Ltd. (“AML”), in its capacity as general partner of AltaLink, L.P. (“ALP”), filed an application requesting approval to cause ALP to make one or more issues of senior...
Link to Decision Summarized Markets - Reporting Application TransAlta Corporation (“TransAlta”) entered into an arrangement agreement (“Agreement”) with TransAlta Renewables Inc. (“TransAlta Renewables”), which provided for the acquisition of TransAlta Renewables by...
Link to Decision Summarized Electricity - Records Application The Balancing Pool, pursuant to 7 of the Small Scale Generation Regulation, acting on behalf of 2079816 Alberta as a small-scale power producer, filed an application under the Fair, Efficient and Open...
Link to Decision Summarized Electricity - Markets Application AUC enforcement staff (“Enforcement Staff”) submitted an application for approval of a settlement agreement between Enforcement Staff and ENMAX Energy Corporation (“EEC”) (“Settlement Agreement”)....
Link to Decision Summarized Markets - Enforcement Application The enforcement staff of the AUC (“Enforcement Staff”) applied for approval of a settlement agreement reached with ENMAX Energy Corporation (“EEC”) related to disclosure of confidential information by EEC...
Link to Bulletin Summarized Minerals – Resource Development The AER updated its Digital Data Submission system to enable the collection, in the pressure ASCII standard (PAS) file, of the data required to be submitted by licensees pursuant to requirement 79 of...
Link to Decision Summarized Oil/Gas – Amendment Application Application On March 8, 2022, the CER approved the development plan for the proposed Inuvialuit Energy Security Project (the “IESP”). Subsequently, Inuvialuit Energy Security Project Ltd. (“IESPL”) provided,...
Link to Bulletin Summarized Facilities - Rules The AUC has been consulting on amending certain provisions of Rule 012: Noise Control (“Rule 012”) to streamline and, improve regulatory and adjudicative processes. To date, the AUC conducted two rounds of written...
Link to Decision Summarized Electricity – Records Application Subra GP Ltd. (“Subra”) filed an application under the Fair, Efficient and Open Competition Regulation (“FEOCR”), seeking permission to share records not available to the public related to the 75-Megawatts...
Link to Decision Summarized Electricity – Records Application Stirling Wind Project Ltd. (“Stirling”) filed an application under the Fair, Efficient and Open Competition Regulation (“FEOCR”), seeking permission to share records not available to the public related to...
Link to Decision Summarized Electricity – ISO Amendment Application The Alberta Electric System Operator (“AESO”) requested approval of proposed amendments to a number of its rules and definitions in relation to energy storage. The AESO submitted that, while the use...
Link to Decision Summarized Rates - Franchise Agreement Application ATCO Gas and Pipelines Ltd. (“ATCO Gas”) applied for approval of a natural gas franchise agreement (the “Agreement”), including a franchise fee of 13 percent, with the City of Cold Lake for 10 years...
Link to Decision Summarized Rates - Stranded Assets Application Canadian Utilities Limited (“CUL”) applied for approval of an internal reorganization involving CUL subsidiaries under s 101(2)(d) of the Public Utilities Act (“PUA”) and s 26(2)(d) of the Gas Utilities...
Link to Decision Summarized Electricity - CCR Application EQUS REA Ltd. (“EQUS”) applied for approval of amendments to its Compliance Plan under s 32 of the Code of Conduct Regulation. The changes concerned: (1) a revision to EQUS’ Compliance Officer appointment; (2)...
Link to Bulletin Summarized Oil and Gas - Monitoring The AER cautioned against the hazards of seasonal snowmelt and resultant overland flooding. Specifically, licensees: (i) must physically inspect and assess any sites and equipment that have or may be affected by...
Link to Bulletin SummarizedOil and Gas - MarketsMinisterial Order 043/2023 directed the AER to develop and implement a process that ensures that applicants for a well licence or well licence transfer do not have unpaid municipal taxes above a threshold yet to be...
Link to Bulletin SummarizedGeothermal Development - Emergency Response PlansThe AER released a new edition of Directive 071: Emergency Preparedness and Response (“Directive 071”) and created accompanying Manual 026: Emergency Preparedness and Response Guide (“Manual...
Link to Decision SummarizedTerms and Conditions - Transfer of ServiceApplicationFortisAlberta Inc. (“FortisAB”) applied for approval of changes to its terms and conditions of electrical distribution service (“T&Cs”). FortisAB proposed the changes in response to...