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Originally Posted by Tron_fdc
It’s been a while, but 20 Years ago we went through a rate calculation on T&D rates, and it was a percentage of the average cost/kWh that the city applied to its constituents. It’s been decades since I was involved, but MCAF and transmission rates came from each municipality. They were quite different depending where you lived IIRC. Calgary was higher than Lethbridge for example.
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Yeah it definitely has been decades since you were involved, as MCAF isn't called that anymore... Let's back up a bit, because we're conflating several things.
You're talking about
Local Access Fees, which are charged by the municipalities to the distribution companies in lieu of property taxes, for the exclusivity of providing distribution services in the municipality, etc. Those are set by the municipalities.
Transmission rates are set by the AUC. Distribution rates are set by the AUC, or by the municipality if the municipality itself owns and operates the distribution system. There are only a handful of municipalities where this is still the case: Red Deer, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Cardston and Ponoka.
In Calgary the distribution charges are paid to Enmax
Power Corporation (not to be confused with Enmax
Energy Corporation, the retailer), who own and maintain the distribution system (having inherited the physical assets of the old City of Calgary Electric System). Their rates are set by the AUC. The Local Access Fee is set by the City of Calgary, who charges it to Enmax Power, who passes it on to the retailer, who charges the consumers.