Alberta Energy Capacity Market

A capacity market requires a government appointed entity the alberta electric system operator in alberta s case to plan approve and administer the contracts to buy the capacity needed to meet expected demand.

Alberta energy capacity market.

In alberta there is a market capacity of 428 mw of renewable energy available that can be produced from biomass and other eco friendly resources. The market policy supports alberta s current energy only market where generators are paid only for the energy they supply to the market. As a result of this policy specific rules were developed for both short term adequacy and price fidelity as well as for long term adequacy or reserve margins. Alberta is maintaining an energy only market as a result of overwhelming stakeholder support.

Energy only or capacity market. The alberta electric system operator aeso has been working to overhaul alberta s electricity market since 2017 after it concluded in a 2016 study the province should switch to a capacity. By 2025 it expects that to grow to 1 8 gw of solar and 6 5. Yesterday the aeso issued sam 3 0.

Calgary the province is reversing a 2016 decision by the then ndp government to implement a capacity market for the alberta s electricity sector instead deciding to stick with the energy only. Which option is the best in alberta. Image by david reed from pixabay in 2016 the then ndp government decided to change alberta s energy only market for electricity to a capacity market. This represents 2 5 of the generation capacity in the province.

Alberta s electricity system the reversal of the capacity market and elimination of the regulated rate cap on electricity helps to restore investor confidence in alberta s electricity system. It describes the provisional recommendations of the 5 stakeholder working groups struck by the aeso read more. According to the data that rystad tracks alberta s current renewable capacity includes 0 1 gigawatt gw of solar and 1 8 gw of wind. The united conservative party has cancelled the ndp s planned overhaul which would have changed alberta s energy system from an energy only to a capacity market.