Alberta Energy Capacity Market

The united conservative party has cancelled the ndp s planned overhaul which would have changed alberta s energy system from an energy only to a capacity market.

Alberta energy capacity market.

Energy only or capacity market. Calgary the province is reversing a 2016 decision by the then ndp government to implement a capacity market for the alberta s electricity sector instead deciding to stick with the energy only. The alberta electric system operator aeso has been working to overhaul alberta s electricity market since 2017 after it concluded in a 2016 study the province should switch to a capacity. Land titles mineral and surface rights energy news bulletins and other energy services.

A capacity market requires a government appointed entity the alberta electric system operator in alberta s case to plan approve and administer the contracts to buy the capacity needed to meet expected demand. Alberta is maintaining an energy only market as a result of overwhelming stakeholder support. This alberta electricity market redesign was supposed to be completed by 2021. As a result of this policy specific rules were developed for both short term adequacy and price fidelity as well as for long term adequacy or reserve margins.

Alberta s electricity system the reversal of the capacity market and elimination of the regulated rate cap on electricity helps to restore investor confidence in alberta s electricity system. Image by david reed from pixabay in 2016 the then ndp government decided to change alberta s energy only market for electricity to a capacity market. A few weeks ago we told you about capacity market design in alberta and the debate going on over the length of the delivery period that will apply in the capacity market for new facilities. According to the data that rystad tracks alberta s current renewable capacity includes 0 1 gigawatt gw of solar and 1 8 gw of wind.

This represents 2 5 of the generation capacity in the province. It describes the provisional recommendations of the 5 stakeholder working groups struck by the aeso read more. The market policy supports alberta s current energy only market where generators are paid only for the energy they supply to the market. In alberta there is a market capacity of 428 mw of renewable energy available that can be produced from biomass and other eco friendly resources.