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Chapter 26 (not in force provisions only current as of February 6, 2026) UTILITIES STATUTES AMENDMENT ACT, 2025

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1 UTILITIES STATUTES AMENDMENT ACT, 2025

Chapter 26 HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: Electric Utilities Act Amends SA 2003 cE-5.1 2(1) The Electric Utilities Act is amended by this section.

(3) Section 16(2)(

b) is amended (

b) by adding “or (b.12)” after “99(b.11)”.

(6) Section 20.8 is amended by adding “and the Independent System Operator” after “electricity market participant”.

(9) Section 30(4) is repealed and the following is substituted:

(4) The Independent System Operator may recover the costs of procuring ancillary services from electricity market participants by (

a) including the costs in th e tariff, in addition to the amounts and costs described in subsection (2), in which case the Commission must include in the tariff the additional costs it considers to be prudent, (

b) establishing and charging ISO fees for the costs, or (

c) using a combination of the ISO tariff and ISO fees for the costs, provided that the Independent System Operator delineates the portion of costs recovered under each payment type and ensures that the combined recovery does not exceed the costs incurred.

(11) Section 99 is amended by adding the following after clause (b.11):

Section 2

Chapter 26 2 UTILITIES STATUTES AMENDMENT ACT, 2025 (b.12) respecting incumbents, including, without limitation, regulations (

i) defining “incumbent”, (ii) respecting the determination and treatment of incumbents, (iii) respecting payments in respect of incumbents, including, without limitation, regulations respecting (

A) the collection and use of funds for payments, (

B) eligibility to receive payments, (

C) the method of calculating the payment amount, and (

D) who is to make or receive payments, (iv) respecting the powers , duties, responsibilities and functions of the Independent System Operator with respect to incumbents, and (

v) specifying which provisions of this Act and the regulations do not apply to incumbents; (12) Subsections (2)(b), (3)(b), (6), (9) and (11) come into force on Proclamation.

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