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Bill 22, the Electricity Statutes Amendment Act, Passes First Reading

The Alberta Legislature introduced Bill 22, the Electricity Statutes (Modernizing Alberta’s Electricity Grid) Amendment Act on April 27, 2022. The acceptance of this bill would make several amendments to the Alberta Utility Commission Act (“AUC Act”), the Electric Utilities Act (“EU Act”), and the Hydro and Electric Energy Act (“HEE Act”) to enable energy storage, encourage more self-supply with export, expand the responsibilities of the Minister of Energy (“the Minister”) and begin winding down the Balancing Pool by redistributing its responsibilities.[1]



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Renewable Electricity Program (REP) – Round 2 and 3 Results

On December 17, 2018, the Government of Alberta (GOA) announced the results of the Renewable Electricity Program’s (REP) second and third rounds.

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Dispatchable Renewables and Energy Storage in Alberta

The Government of Alberta (GOA) directed the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) to review and assess the potential need for dispatchable renewables and energy storage due to significant intermittent generation being added to the grid by renewables.

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AUC Distributed Generation Review

The Government of Alberta’s Renewable Electricity Program (REP) has targeted 5,000 MW of new renewable energy in the province by 2030, which should constitute approximately 30% of electricity generation in the province.

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Government of Alberta’s Response to Terminated PPAs

On July 25, 2016, the Attorney General (AG) of Alberta on behalf of the Government of Alberta submitted an application to the Court of Queen’s bench to effectively reverse ENMAX’s termination of their Battle River Power Purchasing Arrangement.¹   The balancing pool is also named in the application because it accepted ENMAX’s termination of the PPA. The other PPA holders are named as respondents because they have termination requests pending.

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Government of Alberta Climate Leadership Report

Readers are likely aware that on November 20, 2015 the Government of Alberta released its Climate Leadership Report outlining recommendations for how the GOA can start to address climate change.

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