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AUC schedules public hearing, invites comment
BY ROSE SANCHEZ stated as much as $3.5 billion in system reinforcement gas transmission pipelines.
ALBERTA ($1.8 billion in 2008 dollars) may Local public hearings are scheduled for:
Residents of southern Alberta will have a chance
be required in southern Alberta to accommodate • Taber — April 15, Royal Canadian Legion, 7– 8:30
to give their feedback about the Alberta Electric System
forecast wind-power generation growth (mainly wind p.m.;
Operator’s plan for substantial electricity transmission
farms) and system constraints. The work would be • Medicine Hat — April 16, Coast Hotel 3216 - 13
system reinforcement.
completed in three stages by 2017. Ave. S.E., 7– 8:30 p.m.;
On March 9, the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC)
Details of the AESO’s application including maps, on • Brooks — April 17, Heritage Inn – Banquet A Room,
issued a notice of hearing.
opportunities for comment from interested parties and 7– 8:30 p.m.
Officials are also seeking comment on the
information about the AUC’s review and assessment of
need application from the provincial electricity
the application can be found on the AUC’s website at
transmission system operator (AESO) which states
www.auc.ab.ca.
Wind farm still a go
substantial system reinforcement is needed in southern
Residents have until April 7 to comment initially on
BY ANGUS HENDERSON
Alberta.
the application. Information sessions will be held in
SOUTHERN ALBERTA NEWSPAPERS
According to a news release, AESO’s application
various communities in April.
MEDICINE HAT
focuses only on the need for transmission capacity and
According to the release, if no objections are received
Pending AUC approval, the Medicine Hat area could
is not a request for a proposal for the construction of
by the AUC by June 1, the hearing, scheduled for June
also see its first wind farm project south of Irvine.
specific transmission facilities.
22, will be cancelled and the Commission must approve
Calgary-based Naturener Canada has commenced the
Officials with the AUC are planning information
the application.
process of applying to the Alberta Electric System
sessions throughout southern Alberta in April and a
Funding is available to eligible parties to support
Operator for approval of the East Palliser Transmission
public hearing June 22.
competent and effective submissions to the
Line to connect the company’s proposed Wild Rose 1
The review will focus specifically on whether the
Commission.
to the Alberta Interconnected Electric System.
reinforcement is needed, and is in the public interest
The AUC is an independent, quasi-judicial agency of
Phase 1 of Wild Rose would see 135 turbines at
bearing in mind social, environmental and economic
the Province. As part of its mandate the commission has
1.5 megawatts (MW) per turbine for a capacity of
considerations.
jurisdiction over the siting of facilities including electric
204 megawatts.
According to the application, AESO officials have
transmission facilities, electric power plants and natural
The City of Medicine Hat is also in the process of
going through the environmental and other regulatory
processes for the proposed Box Springs Wind Farm.
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