Alberta Regulation 216/2016

Wills and Succession Act

PREFERENTIAL SHARE (INTESTATE ESTATES)

AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: December 19, 2016

For information only: Made by the Minister of Justice and Solicitor General

(M.O. 71/2016) on December 15, 2016 pursuant to

section 61(2) of the Wills and

Succession Act.

1 The Preferential Share (Intestate Estates) Regulation

(AR 217/2011) is amended by this Regulation.

Section 2 is repealed.

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Alberta Regulation 217/2016

Safety Codes Act

EXEMPTION AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: December 19, 2016

For information only: Made by the Minister of Municipal Affairs (M.O. P:017/16)

on December 15, 2016 pursuant to

section 2(2) of the Safety Codes Act.

1 The Exemption Regulation (AR 351/2003) is amended by

this Regulation.

2 The following is added after

section 5:

Residence of person with developmental disability

5.1(1) In this section,

(a) "Building Code" means the Alberta Building Code 2014 as

declared in force by the Building Code Regulation

(AR 31/2015);

(b) "developmental disability" means a developmental disability

within the meaning of the Persons with Developmental

Disabilities Services Act and the descriptions in the

regulations under that Act;

(c) "Fire Code" means the Alberta Fire Code 2014 as declared in

force by the Fire Code Regulation (AR 32/2015);

(d) "residence of adults with a developmental disability" means a

building or unit in a building that is occupied or intended to

be occupied by at least one adult with a developmental

disability, but does not include

(

i) supportive living accommodation for which a licence is

required under the Supportive Living Accommodation

Licensing Act, or

(ii) a building that is designated for use for care or

treatment, where the use is regulated by an enactment

other than the Act and regulations under the Act.

(2) For greater certainty, a residence of adults with a developmental

disability is exempt from the

definitions, requirements, references

and prohibitions both in the Building Code and in the Fire Code in

respect of

(

a) care,

(

b) care occupancy,

(

c) treatment, and

(

d) treatment occupancy.

3 This Regulation comes into force on December 31, 2016.

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Alberta Regulation 218/2016

Electric Utilities Act

MICRO-GENERATION AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: December 20, 2016

For information only: Made by the Minister of Energy (M.O. 1302016) on

December 14, 2016 pursuant to sections 41 and 99 of the Electric Utilities Act.

1 The Micro-generation Regulation (AR 27/2008) is

amended by this Regulation.

Section 1 is amended

(

a) in subsection (1)

(

i) by renumbering clause (

a) as clause (a.2) and

adding the following before clause (a.2):

(a) "Act" means the Electric Utilities Act;

(a.1) "aggregated sites" means 2 or more sites that are

(

i) located on property that is owned or leased by

the same customer,

(ii) connected to a single electric distribution

system feeder owned by one electric

distribution system owner, and

(iii) enrolled with the same retailer;

(ii) by adding the following after clause (b):

(b.1) "electric distribution system feeder" means a

named circuit within an electric distribution

system;

(iii) by repealing clause (

e) and substituting the

following:

(e) "large micro-generation" means

(

i) generation of electric energy from a

micro-generation generating unit with a total

nameplate capacity of at least 150 kW but not

exceeding 5 MW, and

(ii) micro-generation deemed by

section 3(4) or (5)(

a) to be large micro-generation for the purposes of

this Regulation;

(iv) in clause (

h) by repealing subclauses (ii) to (

v) and substituting the following:

(ii) is intended to meet all or a portion of the

customer's total energy consumption at the

customer's site or aggregated sites,

(iii) has a total nameplate capacity that does not exceed

the lesser of 5 MW or the rating of the customer's

service,

(iv) supplies electric energy only to a site that is

located on property that the customer owns or

leases, and

(

v) is located

(

A) on the property referred to in subclause (iv),

(

B) on property that the customer owns or leases

that is adjacent to the property referred to in

subclause (iv);

(

v) by adding the following after clause (h):

(h.1) "micro-generation site" means a site from which a

micro-generation generating unit is capable of

supplying electric energy to the interconnected

electric system;

(vi) in clause (

j) by adding "micro-generation" before

"site" wherever it occurs;

(vii) by repealing clause (

n) and substituting the

following:

(n) "small micro-generation" means generation of electric

energy from a micro-generation generating unit with a

total nameplate capacity of less than 150 kW, but does

not include micro-generation that is deemed by

section

3(4) or 5(

a) to be large micro-generation for the

purposes of this Regulation.

(

b) by adding the following after subsection (1):

(1.1) For greater certainty, properties that are separated only

by an easement or a public right of way are adjacent for the

purposes of subsection (1)(h)(v)(B).

3 The following is added after

section 2:

Notice to owner of change in nameplate capacity

2.1(1) A micro-generator who intends to change the nameplate

capacity of the micro-generator's micro-generation generating unit

shall provide to the applicable owner a notice to that effect, in a form

established by the Commission and including all information

required by the Commission.

(2) If an owner, on receipt of a notice under subsection (1), is of the

opinion that the micro-generator's micro-generation generating unit

will no longer qualify as a micro-generation generating unit after a

change or proposed change to its nameplate capacity, the owner

may, within 14 days of receipt of the notice from the

micro-generator and on notice to the micro-generator, file with the

Commission a notice of dispute in a form established by the

Commission and including all information required by the

Commission.

(3) The Commission, on receipt of a notice of dispute under

subsection (2), must, within 30 days or such longer period as the

Commission, on notice to the owner and the micro-generator,

considers necessary,

(

a) investigate and determine whether the micro-generator's

micro-generation generating unit continues to be a micro-

generation generating unit after the change to its nameplate

capacity, and

(

b) communicate its decision to the owner and the micro-

generator.

(4) The decision of the Commission under subsection (3) is final

and is not subject to appeal.

Section 3 is amended

(

a) by adding the following after subsection (1):

(1.1) Following receipt of a notice under

section 2.1(1), but subject

to any dispute by the owner under

section 2.1(2) and determination

of the dispute by the Commission under

section 2.1(3), the owner

must within a reasonable time ensure that meters suitable for net

billing and the nameplate capacity of the micro-generation

generating unit are installed at the micro-generator's micro-

generation site.

(

b) in subsection (2) by adding "or (1.1)" after "subsection

(1)".

Section 4 is amended by adding the following after

subsection (3):

(3.1) Where a micro-generator has changed the nameplate capacity

of a micro-generation generating unit that is connected to the

interconnected electric system and, in the opinion of the owner,

concurred in by the Commission on application by the owner, the

costs of maintaining the connection of the micro-generation

generating unit to the interconnected electric system are

extraordinary, due to safety considerations, technological complexity

or any other reason, the owner may require that the micro-generator

directly reimburse the owner for the extraordinary portion of the

costs.

Section 5 is amended by adding "micro-generation" after

"micro-generator's"

Section 6 is repealed and the following is substituted:

Exclusion from power pool

Section 18(2) of the Act does not apply to electric energy from

small micro-generation entering the interconnected electric system.

Section 7 is amended

(

a) in subsection (5) by striking out "micro-generator's

site" and substituting "micro-generator's micro-

generation site";

(

b) in subsection (6)(

a) by striking out "micro-generator's

site" and substituting "micro-generator's micro-

generation site";

(

c) in subsection (7)(

a) and (

b) by striking out "micro-

generators' sites" and substituting "micro-generators'

micro-generation sites".

Section 10 is repealed.