Alberta Utilities Commission

This decision provides the Alberta Utilities Commission’s determination of AltaGas Utilities Inc.’s (AltaGas or AUI) 2015 capital tracker true-up. For the reasons outlined in this decision, the Commission has determined that:
AltaGas’ proposed grouping of projects into programs is reasonable. The 2015 true-up projects or programs are needed. The actual scope, level, timing and actual costs of each of the projects or programs included in the 2015 true-up were prudently incurred and satisfy the project assessment requirement of Criterion 1. The capital tracker projects or programs included in the 2015 true-up continue to meet the requirements of the accounting test under Criterion 1. The capital tracker projects or programs included in the 2015 true-up continue to meet the requirements of Criteria 2. The projects or programs included in the 2015 true-up satisfy the materiality requirement under Criterion 3. AltaGas has generally complied with previous Commission directions. The exceptions are the provision of descriptions of all non-capital tracker projects or programs, a trailing cost variance explanation for the Blaine Hochstein project, clarification of the costs claimed for the decommissioning of the post-regulator stations (PRS) stations and evidence that the capital cost allowance amounts have been reconciled with the amounts filed with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) (item 1.c. from Decision 3558-D0120151). For purposes of regulatory efficiency, the Commission has determined that a compliance filing to this decision is not required and that each of these instances of noncompliance are to be addressed in a future Rider F deficiency/surplus application or capital tracker true-up application.