Proceeding 24110, the 2021 Generic Cost of Capital (GCOC) Proceeding, stalled in March due to the uncertainty and disruption caused by the COVID-19 virus. On April 23, 2020, the Alberta Utilities Commission (the Commission) opened a dialogue on the possibility of resuming the proceeding and requested submissions from participants in the proceeding.
The Commission has proposed to expand the scope of the 2018 Generic Cost of Capital (GCOC) proceeding to include a discussion of what should happen if a utility’s credit rating falls below investment grade[1] given that the deemed equity ratio is designed to support a credit rating at the A level.
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The AUC initiated 2018 generic cost of capital (GCOC) proceeding is underway with Alberta Utilities and customer groups submitting evidence in support of their proposed return on equity (ROE) and debt-to-equity ratios.
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On December 16, 2016, the AUC released Decision 20414-D01-2016 the second generation of Performance Based Regulation (2018-2022).
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The AUC has released its decision on the Generic Cost of Capital for 2016, 2017 and 2018 (interim).
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On September 6th, the Market Surveillance Administrator released two “Retail Market Reports” titled Assessment of Inter-jurisdictional Retail Rate Comparisons and Trends in Regulated Retail Electricity and Natural Gas Bills.
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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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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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On January 18, 2016 the Alberta Utilities Commission released decision (20456-D01-2016), denying an application from the Alberta Utilities to review and vary the 2013-2015 Generic Cost of Capital Decision.
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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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