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Code of Conduct Regulation

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This regulation is made under the Electric Utilities Act and the Gas Utilities Act and provides for the required conduct and business practices for distributors, regulated rate suppliers and... More ≫

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This regulation is made under the Electric Utilities Act and the Gas Utilities Act and provides for the required conduct and business practices for distributors, regulated rate suppliers and retailers, and the rules regarding the relationships among distributors, regulated rate suppliers and affiliated providers including rules preventing unfair competitive advantage. It also establishes compliance requirements.

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Fair, Efficient and Open Competition Regulation

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This regulation is made under the Electric Utilities Act and the Alberta Utilities Commission Act and sets out what activities constitute conduct by a market participant that does not support the... More ≫

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This regulation is made under the Electric Utilities Act and the Alberta Utilities Commission Act and sets out what activities constitute conduct by a market participant that does not support the fair, efficient and openly competitive operation of the market. This regulation also addresses the preferential sharing of certain records that are not available to the public, restricts the use of outage records to trade, and establishes the formula for calculating the percentage of offer control held by a market participant.

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Retail market review : an update and review of market metrics

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In June 2005 the Department of Energy released an Electricity Policy Framework Paper which recommended changing the design for the calculation of the rate that Alberta electricity customers would... More ≫

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In June 2005 the Department of Energy released an Electricity Policy Framework Paper which recommended changing the design for the calculation of the rate that Alberta electricity customers would pay for electricity as a default rate, should they chose not to, or are unable to, participate in the competitive market. The final rate design would incorporate a one-month forward hedge that would offer consumers a price that changed monthly in response to market conditions. It was further recommended that this one-month forward hedge, now known as the New Regulated Rate Option, or New RRO, be introduced gradually. The Framework Paper indicated that there would be two Departmental reviews to confirm the progression plan to move to the new one-month forward hedged RRO. This paper is the second and final review. The scope of this final review is to update the metrics from the first review to confirm the continuation of the scheduled change in the percentage blend of one-month forward hedge...

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