Amendments to Rule 027

The AUC has approved amendments to Rule 027: Specified Penalties for Contravention of Reliability Standards, with an effective date of April 17, 2024. 

Since the previous amendment to Rule 027, reliability standards COM-001-AB-3 and COM-002-AB-4 came into effect and the previous versions of those two reliability standards were retired. Certain requirements of each reliability standard were assigned a penalty Category 2 and others assigned a penalty Category 3.

All materials related to Rule 027, including a blackline version of the changes, can be found on the Consultations page of the AUC’s website.

AUC updates to Rule 007

The AUC has updated Rule 007: Applications for Power Plants, Substations, Transmission Lines, Industrial System Designations, Hydro Developments and Gas Utility Pipelines to align with the Alberta government’s Electricity Statutes (Modernizing Alberta’s Electricity Grid) Amendment Act and the amended Hydro and Electric Energy Regulation. The updated Rule 007 is effective March 28, 2024.

The updated Rule 007 and associated new application forms can be found on the Rule 007 related information page. The blackline version of Rule 007 can be found here.

Amendments to Rule 027

The AUC recently approved amendments to Rule 027: Specified Penalties for Contravention of Reliability Standards, effective on December 17, 2023.

The AUC determined that the change to Rule 027 was administrative in nature and did not require further consultation.

All materials related to Rule 027, including a blackline version of the changes, can be found on the Consultations page.