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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
Aaaaahhhhh. I haven't seen a power bill in Alberta since I was 20 years old. So you guys pay a separate transmission charge then and that's controlled by AESO? That makes sense then. I pay a basic charge (about $0.20/day) just to have a BC Hydro account, then 9.59¢/KWh up to 1350 KWh in a 2 month billing cycle, then 14.22¢/KWh after that. That's it. No other charges.
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Generation planning and retail is deregulated in Alberta. That means that the government doesn't do generation planning or regulates who gets to sell power to consumers.
Transmission and distribution charges are regulated through tariffs, either via cost of service or performance based regulations.
The Alberta Utilities Commission is the regulator. The AESO is the ISO.