The Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) may impose an administrative penalty if it determines, after a hearing or other proceeding that a person has contravened or failed to comply with any provision of the Alberta Utilities Commission Act; any other legislation under the jurisdiction of the AUC; any decision or order of the AUC or any commission or ISO rule or reliability standards. In the above circumstances, the Commission may also impose any terms or conditions or a person that it considers appropriate.
 
 An administrative penalty may be either or both of the following:
    (a) an amount not exceeding $1,000,000 for each day part of a day on which the contravention  occurs or continues;
    (b) a one-time amount to address economic benefit where the AUC is of the opinion that a person denied an economic benefit directly or indirectly as a result of the contravention.

The Commission also has the authority to make rules prescribing the form and content of specified penalties for the contravention of ISO rules or reliability standards.

For more information on MSA matters, please visit the MSA website.