Market Oversight

The Alberta Utilities Commission Act (AUC Act) requires the AUC to provide regulatory oversight of issues related to the development and operation of the wholesale electricity market in Alberta as well as the retail gas and electricity markets in the province.

The Markets Division supports the Commission in:

Establishing rules regarding the form and content of specified penalties associated with the contravention of rules and reliability standards established by the Independent System Operator (ISO).
Issuing orders, decisions and associated penalties with respect to any contravention of the Electric Utilities Act; Gas Utilities Act; a Commission decision, order or rule; circumstances where a person has engaged in conduct that does not support the fair, efficient and openly competitive operation of the electricity or natural gas markets; or related matters brought to the Commission by the Market Surveillance Administrator.
Receiving filing revisions made by the ISO regarding ISO rules and reliability standards, and to hear objections to these revisions in order to determine whether the ISO rule or reliability standard should be confirmed, disallowed or changed in some manner.
Establishing rules governing the procedures and processes that the ISO may use to develop ISO rules and the filing of these rules.
Hearing complaints to the Commission regarding the conduct of the Market Surveillance Administrator or the ISO.
Hearing complaints to the Commission regarding ISO rules.
Advising the Commission members and AUC staff of general developments in the Alberta energy market.

How to contact us:

Market Division Contacts

How to add or remove your name from our Markets Email Distribution List:

The Markets Division of the AUC maintains an email distribution list that is used to communicate with interested parties. If you would like to be added or removed from our list, please provide the following information by email:

Name
Company (if applicable)
Email address
Phone number(s)

Please review the Privacy Section of our website for more information regarding the collection of your information.

AUC Rules related to Market Oversight:

Activity	013 - Rules on Criteria Relating to Imposition of Administrative Penalties	014 - *Public Disclosure of Market Surveillance Administrator Records in a Hearing or Other Proceeding*	017 - Procedures and process for development of ISO rules and filing of ISO rules with the AUC	019 - Specified Penalties for Contravention of ISO Rules	027 - Specified Penalties for Contravention of Reliability Standards
Link to rules	Rule 013 Rule 013 Archive	Rule 014 Rule 014 Archive	Rule 017 Rule 017 Archive	Rule 019 Rule 019 Archive	Rule 027 Rule 027 Archive
Commission decision on consultation	N/A	N/A	Bulletin 2010-10 (Feb 2010) Bulletin 2009-17 (July 2010)	Bulletin 2010-12 (Mar 2010) Bulletin 2008-08 (June 2008)	Bulletin 2010-27 (Oct 2010)
Consultation with stakeholders	N/A	N/A	Rule 017 Rule Development Bulletin 2009-31 (Dec 2009)	Rule 019 Rule Development Bulletin 2010-05 (Jan 2010) Bulletin 2008-06 (May 2008) Bulletin 2008-04 (Apr 2008)	Rule 027 Rule Development Bulletin 2010-21 (July 2010) Bulletin 2010-06 (Jan 2010)