On August 7, 2020, following a year of consultation with
stakeholders, the Alberta Utilities Commission issued a revised draft version of Rule 007:
Applications for Power Plants, Substations, Transmission Lines,
Industrial System Designations and Hydro Developments. Among
other things, the purpose of the AUC's consultation and review
of Rule 007 is to update and streamline existing application
requirements and to address emerging technologies, particularly for
power plant projects.
The draft rule has been reorganized and introduces separate
application requirements for wind power plants, solar power plants,
thermal power plants, "other" (biomass, geothermal and
compressed air) power plants, and hydroelectric power plants. While
many of the application requirements mirror those already included
in the current Rule 007 for power plants, the draft rule introduces
several significant new application requirements for all types of
power plant applications, including the
