With the release of Bulletin 2010-30 on November 8, 2010 the Commission gave notification that it planned to initiate a consultation process with utilities and other interested parties to discuss the overall purpose of the inter-affiliate codes of conduct (code or code of conduct), and any other related issues with a view to the establishment of an inter-affiliate code of conduct rule.
Background:
The original code of conduct was a product of Decision 2003-040: ATCO Group Affiliate Transactions and Code of Conduct Proceeding Part B Code of Conduct, Application No. 1237673, released May 22, 2003. All other utilities subsequently filed a code of conduct for approval that was modeled on the ATCO Group inter-affiliate code of conduct.
The utilities with an approved code are listed below, along with a copy of their code, and their compliance plan.
The overall purpose of an inter-affiliate code of conduct is to address the possibility that interactions between regulated and unregulated affiliated companies could be conducted in a manner that results in rates for a regulated utility being too high or the unregulated affiliate having an unfair competitive advantage in the market in which it operates.
For the purpose of providing a mechanism for interested parties to file information on this consultation or access/download documents associated with this consultation, the Commission will be using its electronic filing system. For this consultation, Application Number 1607301 and Proceeding Identification Number 1216 have been assigned.
Documents related to this consultation are currently available for viewing through the Proceeding Search system (ID No. 1216) which is accessible under the E-Filing Services & Regulatory Document Search section of the home page on the Commission website at www.auc.ab.ca.