Alberta Regulation 256/2017

An Act to Cap Regulated Electricity Rates

RATE CAP (CITY OF MEDICINE HAT) REGULATION

Filed: December 19, 2017

For information only: Made by the Minister of Energy (M.O. 149/2017) on

December 18, 2017 pursuant to

section 6 of

An Act to Cap Regulated Electricity

Rates.

Table of Contents

Interpretation and application

2 Beginning date, specified rate classes

and applicable rate per kWh for the

purposes of

section 3(

b) of the Act

3 Determination of reference, reimbursement

and billing rates

4 Determination of payments

5 Deferral account

6 Approval of deferral account statement

7 Payment

8 Final review and disposition of

deferral account

9 Coming into force

Interpretation and application

1(1) In this Regulation,

(a) "Act" means

An Act to Cap Regulated Electricity Rates;

(b) "approved deferral account statement" means a deferral

account statement that has been approved by the Market

Surveillance Administrator under

section 6;

(c) "billing rate" means the rate determined in accordance with

section 3(3);

(d) "business day" means a day other than a Saturday or a

holiday as defined in the

Interpretation Act;

(e) "Bylaw No. 2244" means the City of Medicine Hat Bylaw

No. 2244;

(f) "City of Medicine Hat's Electric Utility" means the City of

Medicine Hat, or a subsidiary of the City of Medicine Hat, in

its capacity as the owner and operator of an electric

distribution system operated in the service area of the City of

Medicine Hat;

(g) "City of Medicine Hat's Electric Utility's regular rate" means

the applicable rate per kWh determined in accordance with a

method established by the council of the City of Medicine

Hat in Bylaw No. 2244, as referred to in

section 3(

a) of the

Act;

(h) "customer" means

(

i) a consumer as defined in Bylaw No. 2244

(

A) who is in a specified rate class referred to in

section 2(2)(a), (b), (f), (i), (

j) or (n), and

(

B) who has not elected the Energy Supply Pricing

[Firm] contract option described in Bylaw No.

2244,

and

(ii) a consumer as defined in Bylaw No. 2244

(

A) who is in a specified rate class referred to in

section 2(2)(c), (d), (e), (g), (h), (k), (l), (m), (

o) or

(p),

(

B) who has not elected the Energy Supply Pricing

[Firm] contract option described in Bylaw No.

2244, and

(

C) whose annual consumption of electric energy

measured at the point of supply, based on the

reasonable forecast of the City of Medicine Hat's

Electric Utility, is expected to be less than 250

megawatt hours;

(i) "deferral account" means the deferral account established

under

section 5;

(j) "deferral account statement" means a deferral account

statement required to be submitted under this Regulation;

(k) "final consumption data" means the actual consumption data

in kWh used by the City of Medicine Hat Electric Utility to

issue bills to customers;

(l) "Medicine Hat rate cap reference rate" means the rate

determined in accordance with

section 3(1);

(m) "point of supply" means Point of Supply as defined in Bylaw

No. 2244;

(n) "reimbursement rate" means the rate determined in

accordance with

section 3(2);

(o) "service area of the City of Medicine Hat" means the service

area of the City of Medicine Hat as defined in

section 1(4) of

the Electric Utilities Act;

(p) "specified rate class" means a rate class specified under

section 2(2).

(2) The definition of "customer" in subsection (1)(

h) applies to the

word "customer" in the Act where the word is used in respect of

customers of the City of Medicine Hat or a subsidiary of the City of

Medicine Hat.

(3) This Regulation applies to the City of Medicine Hat's Electric

Utility.

Beginning date, specified rate classes and applicable rate

per kWh for the purposes of

section 3(

b) of the Act

2(1) The period referred to in

section 3 of the Act begins on January

1, 2018.

(2) The following consumer classes as described in Bylaw No. 2244

are specified as rate classes for the purposes of

section 3 of the Act:

(

a) E.1.1 Residential Services;

(

b) E.2.1 Farm Services;

(

c) E.3.1 Small Commercial;

(

d) E.3.3 Medium Commercial;

(

e) E.3.2 and E.3.4 Temporary Services during Construction;

(

f) E.3.5 and E.3.6 Irrigation Services;

(

g) E.6.1 Unmetered Services;

(

h) E.7 Rental Lighting;

(

i) N.1.1 Residential Services;

(

j) N.2.1 Farm Services;

(

k) N.3.1 Small Commercial;

(

l) N.3.3 Medium Commercial;

(

m) N.3.2 and N.3.4 Temporary Services during Construction;

(

n) N.3.5 and N.3.6 Irrigation Services;

(

o) N.6.1 Unmetered Services;

(

p) N.7 Rental Lighting.

(3) The billing rate per kWh for a specified rate class for a calendar

month is the City of Medicine Hat's Electric Utility's applicable rate

per kWh for that specified rate class for that calendar month for the

purposes of

section 3(

b) of the Act.

Determination of reference, reimbursement

and billing rates

3(1) The Medicine Hat rate cap reference rate per kWh for a calendar

month is the average of the residential rates for owners whose

regulated rate tariffs are approved by the Commission under

section

103(2) of the Electric Utilities Act for that calendar month as posted by

the Commission on its internet page under the Regulated Rate Option

Regulation.

(2) The reimbursement rate per kWh for the City of Medicine Hat's

Electric Utility for a specified rate class for a calendar month is

determined as follows:

(

a) if the Medicine Hat rate cap reference rate for the calendar

month is greater than 6.8 cents per kWh and the City of

Medicine Hat's Electric Utility's regular rate for that

specified rate class for the calendar month is greater than the

Medicine Hat rate cap reference rate, the reimbursement rate

for the City of Medicine Hat's Electric Utility for that

specified rate class for the calendar month is the Medicine

Hat rate cap reference rate minus 6.8 cents per kWh;

(

b) if the Medicine Hat rate cap reference rate for the calendar

month is greater than 6.8 cents per kWh and the City of

Medicine Hat's Electric Utility's regular rate for that

specified rate class for the calendar month is greater than 6.8

cents per kWh but is not greater than the Medicine Hat rate

cap reference rate, the reimbursement rate for the City of

Medicine Hat's Electric Utility for that specified rate class

for the calendar month is the City of Medicine Hat's Electric

Utility's regular rate minus 6.8 cents per kWh;

(

c) if the Medicine Hat rate cap reference rate for the calendar

month or the City of Medicine Hat's Electric Utility's regular

rate for that specified rate class for the calendar month is less

than or equal to 6.8 cents per kWh, the reimbursement rate

for the City of Medicine Hat's Electric Utility for that

specified rate class for the calendar month is 0.

(3) The billing rate per kWh for the City of Medicine Hat's Electric

Utility for a specified rate class for a calendar month is determined as

follows:

(

a) if the Medicine Hat rate cap reference rate for the calendar

month is greater than 6.8 cents per kWh and the City of

Medicine Hat's Electric Utility's regular rate for that

specified rate class for the calendar month is greater than the

Medicine Hat rate cap reference rate, the City of Medicine

Hat's Electric Utility billing rate per kWh for that specified

rate class for the calendar month is the City of Medicine

Hat's Electric Utility's regular rate minus the reimbursement

rate;

(

b) if the City of Medicine Hat's Electric Utility's regular rate

for that specified rate class for the calendar month is greater

than 6.8 cents per kWh but is less than the Medicine Hat rate

cap reference rate for the calendar month, the City of

Medicine Hat's Electric Utility billing rate per kWh for that

specified rate class for the calendar month is equal to 6.8

cents per kWh;

(

c) if the Medicine Hat rate cap reference rate for the calendar

month or the City of Medicine Hat's Electric Utility's regular

rate for that specified rate class for the calendar month is less

than or equal to 6.8 cents per kWh, the City of Medicine

Hat's Electric Utility's billing rate per kWh for that specified

rate class for the calendar month is equal to the City of

Medicine Hat's Electric Utility's regular rate.

(4) The City of Medicine Hat's Electric Utility shall

(

a) post on an easily accessible internet page the City of

Medicine Hat's Electric Utility's billing rate for January

2018 and each subsequent calendar month to and including

May 2021 within 5 business days after the commencement of

the calendar month,

(

b) ensure that there is a link on the internet page to a historic

file of the City of Medicine Hat's Electric Utility's previous

billing rates, if any, for the most recent 12 months, and

(

c) ensure that the address of the internet page is shown on the

bill of each customer to whom the billing rate applies, with

directions that current and historical billing rates may be

found on the internet page.

(5) The Commission shall

(

a) calculate the Medicine Hat rate cap reference rate for a

calendar month, and

(

b) post the Medicine Hat rate cap reference rate for a calendar

month on the Commission's internet page on the first day of

the calendar month.

(6) A Medicine Hat rate cap reference rate posted for a calendar

month under subsection (5) is final and not subject to change except

that the Commission may correct an error made in calculating the

Medicine Hat rate cap reference rate.

Determination of payments

4(1) In respect of a month during which the City determines electric

energy charges in accordance with

section 3(

b) of the Act, the City of

Medicine Hat's Electric Utility may be paid the full difference between

(

a) the amount the City of Medicine Hat's Electric Utility would

charge if the City of Medicine Hat's Electric Utility

determined the electric energy charges for the month in

accordance with

section 3(

a) of the Act, and

(

b) the amount the City of Medicine Hat's Electric Utility

charges when the City of Medicine Hat's Electric Utility

determines the electric energy charge in accordance with

section 3(

b) of the Act.

(2) The amount payable to the City of Medicine Hat's Electric Utility

in respect of a month must

(

a) be determined using final consumption data used by the City

of Medicine Hat's Electric Utility for billing purposes, and

(

b) be finally reviewed and either confirmed or varied by the

Market Surveillance Administrator under

section 8.

Deferral account

5(1) The City of Medicine Hat's Electric Utility shall establish a

deferral account for the purpose of the administration of payments

under

section 4 of the Act.

(2) Within one month after the end of each calendar month during the

period beginning on January 1, 2018 and ending on May 31, 2021 that

the Medicine Hat rate cap reference rate is higher than 6.8 cents per

kWh and the reimbursement rate for one or more specified rate classes

is a positive amount the City of Medicine Hat's Electric Utility shall

provide to the Market Surveillance Administrator

(

a) the final consumption data in kWh of customers in each

specified rate class for the most recent 6 months for which

that information is available, and

(

b) a completed deferral account statement for the calendar

month, in the form prescribed by the Minister, for the Market

Surveillance Administrator's approval.

(3) The City of Medicine Hat's Electric Utility shall show the

following in the City of Medicine Hat's Electric Utility's deferral

account statement for a calendar month:

(

a) the City of Medicine Hat's Electric Utility's regular rate per

kWh for the month for each specified rate class;

(

b) the final consumption in kWh for customers in each specified

rate class;

(

c) the Medicine Hat rate cap reference rate;

(

d) the reimbursement rate for each specified rate class;

(

e) the billing rate for each specified rate class;

(

f) zero in respect of each specified rate class for which the City

of Medicine Hat's Electric Utility's regular rate per kWh

does not exceed 6.8 cents per kWh;

(

g) the amount determined by the following formula in respect of

each specified rate class for which the City of Medicine Hat's

Electric Utility's regular rate per kWh exceeds 6.8 cents per

kWh:

a = arr x c

where

a is the amount to be shown in respect of that

specified rate class;

arr is the reimbursement rate for that specified rate

class;

c is the final consumption in kWh for that month for

customers in that specified rate class;

(

h) the total of the amounts shown under clauses (

f) and (g),

including any applicable goods and services tax imposed

under

Part IX of the Excise Tax Act (Canada) on those

amounts.

Approval of deferral account statement

6(1) The Market Surveillance Administrator may determine the

process by which it approves a deferral account statement.

(2) In considering whether to approve a deferral account statement,

the Market Surveillance Administrator shall confirm the calculation of

amounts in the deferral account statement.

(3) The City of Medicine Hat's Electric Utility shall

(

a) provide to the Market Surveillance Administrator any records

or other information the Market Surveillance Administrator

may require to confirm the information and amounts set out

in deferral account statements submitted by the City of

Medicine Hat's Electric Utility, and

(

b) retain records sufficient to enable the Market Surveillance

Administrator to audit the deferral account statements

submitted by the City of Medicine Hat's Electric Utility.

(4) The City of Medicine Hat's Electric Utility shall submit a

corrected deferral account statement for the Market Surveillance

Administrator's approval under this

section if

(

a) the Market Surveillance Administrator determines that there

is an error in a deferral account statement or that there has

been a change in information set out in a deferral account

statement and the Market Surveillance Administrator requires

the City of Medicine Hat's Electric Utility to submit a

corrected deferral account statement, or

(

b) the City of Medicine Hat's Electric Utility determines that

there is a material error in a deferral account statement or that

there has been a material change in information set out in a

deferral account statement.

(5) The Market Surveillance Administrator must determine whether to

approve a deferral account statement within 10 business days after

receiving it.

(6) The City of Medicine Hat's Electric Utility shall submit a deferral

account statement to the Minister within 5 business days after the

deferral account statement is approved by the Market Surveillance

Administrator.

(7) On request of the Minister, the Market Surveillance Administrator

shall review an approved deferral account statement in detail to

confirm the accuracy of any of the information or amounts set out in

the deferral account statement.

Payment

7(1) The amount of a deferral account balance that is payable to the

City of Medicine Hat's Electric Utility as shown in an approved

deferral account statement shall be paid within 30 days after the

Minister receives the approved deferral account statement.

(2) The City of Medicine Hat's Electric Utility shall pay a deferral

account balance that is repayable to the Government of Alberta as

shown in an approved deferral account statement within 30 days after

the deferral account statement is approved by the Market Surveillance

Administrator.

Final review and disposition of deferral account

8(1) The City of Medicine Hat's Electric Utility shall apply to the

Market Surveillance Administrator for a final review and disposition of

the City of Medicine Hat's Electric Utility's deferral account within 6

months after May 31, 2021.

(2) In conducting a final review and disposition of the City of

Medicine Hat's Electric Utility's deferral account the Market

Surveillance Administrator shall review the deferral account

statements submitted by the City of Medicine Hat's Electric Utility in

respect of the period beginning on January 1, 2018, and ending on May

31, 2021, to confirm the information and amounts set out in the

deferral account statements and determine whether

(

a) an amount remains owing to the City of Medicine Hat's

Electric Utility under

section 4(1) of this Regulation, or

(

b) the City of Medicine Hat's Electric Utility has been overpaid

an amount under

section 4(1) of this Regulation.

(3) The City shall provide to the Market Surveillance Administrator

any records or other information the Market Surveillance

Administrator may require to confirm the information and amounts set

out in deferral account statements submitted by the City of Medicine

Hat's Electric Utility.

(4) If, on a final review, the Market Surveillance Administrator

determines that an amount is owing to the City of Medicine Hat's

Electric Utility under

section 4(1), the amount shall be paid to the City

of Medicine Hat's Electric Utility within 30 days after the date of the

Market Surveillance Administrator's determination.

(5) If, on a final review, Market Surveillance Administrator

determines that the City of Medicine Hat's Electric Utility has been

overpaid under

section 4(1), the City of Medicine Hat's Electric Utility

shall repay the amount to the Minister within 30 days after the date of

the Market Surveillance Administrator's determination.

Coming into force

9 This Regulation comes into force on the coming into force of

section 3 of

An Act to Cap Regulated Electricity Rates.

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Alberta Regulation 257/2017

Municipal Government Act

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION

(EXPIRY DATE EXTENSION) AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: December 22, 2017

For information only: Made by the Minister of Municipal Affairs

(M.O. MAG:023/17) on December 19, 2017 pursuant to

section 370(

c) of the

Municipal Government Act.

1 The Community Organization Property Tax Exemption

Regulation (AR 281/98) is amended by this Regulation.

Section 23 is amended by striking out "January 31, 2018"

and substituting "December 31, 2018".

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Alberta Regulation 258/2017

Municipal Government Act

ALBERTA SOCIAL HOUSING CORPORATION

EXEMPTION REGULATION

Filed: December 22, 2017

For information only: Made by the Minister of Municipal Affairs

(M.O. MAG:026/17) on December 22, 2017 pursuant to

section 370(

a) of the

Municipal Government Act.

Definition

1 In this Regulation, "Act" means the Municipal Government Act.

Tax exemption

2(1) Property that is owned by the Alberta Social Housing

Corporation is exempt from taxation under

section 361(

b) of the Act to

the extent of 100% of its assessment.

(2) The Community Organization Property Tax Exemption Regulation

(AR 281/98) does not apply to the exemption from taxation described

in subsection (1).

Application

3 This Regulation applies to taxation in 2018 and later years.