In October, 2019 the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC or Commission) issued two decisions addressing requests by ATCO Electric Ltd. (AEL) for recovery of the undepreciated costs of assets damaged or destroyed in the 2016 wildfires in Alberta. One decision was in AEL’s 2018–19 Transmission General Tariff Application (GTA)[…]

Introduction Electricity transmission is a natural monopoly. It is expensive to build. It requires highly specialized knowledge to plan and integrate with existing electrical systems. It has a long, linear footprint which takes a long time to consult about, assemble […]