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    Province of Alberta

    ELECTRIC UTILITIES ACT

    BILLING REGULATION, 2003

    Alberta Regulation 159/2003

    With amendments up to and including Alberta Regulation 74/2022


    Current as of May 4, 2022

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    ALBERTA REGULATION 159/2003

    Electric Utilities Act

    BILLING REGULATION, 2003

    Table of Contents
    1 Definitions
    2 Billing services agreement
    3 Direct charges by owner
    4 Contents of retailer’s or owner’s bill
    5 Repeal
    6 Expiry
    7 Coming into force

    Definitions
    1 In this Regulation,

    (a) “distribution tariff” means a tariff approved by or filed


    with the Board under the Distribution Tariff Regulation;

    (b) “owner” means the owner of an electric distribution


    system.

    Billing services agreement


    2 For the purposes of section 106 of the Electric Utilities Act, an
    owner is authorized to carry out billing services on behalf of a
    retailer if

    (a) the retailer requests the owner to do so, and

    (b) the billing services are carried out in accordance with an


    agreement between the owner and retailer.

    Direct charges by owner


    3(1) If an owner

    (a) establishes a new line or connection for electricity


    services, or

    (b) provides a customer, at the customer’s request, with


    electricity services

    1
    Section 4 BILLING REGULATION, 2003 AR 159/2003

    and not all of the costs of the services are recoverable from the
    customer’s retailer under the owner’s distribution tariff, the owner
    may charge a customer or any of the other persons referred to in
    subsection (2) directly for the difference between

    (c) the costs of establishing the line or connection or of


    providing the services, and

    (d) the amount of those costs that is recoverable by the owner


    from the customer’s retailer under the owner’s distribution
    tariff.

    (2) The owner may send a bill for the difference referred to in
    subsection (1) directly to any of the following:

    (a) a customer purchasing electricity services through a new


    line or connection or a retailer or other person purchasing
    those services on behalf of the customer;

    (b) a developer of land on which a new line or connection is


    established;

    (c) a retailer providing electricity services through a new line


    or connection;

    (d) a customer or other person requesting electricity services


    in the circumstances described in subsection (1).

    Contents of retailer’s or owner’s bill


    4 A bill prepared by a retailer or an owner for a customer must

    (a) indicate separately the following credits or charges:

    (i) the amount charged by the retailer for electric


    energy, in dollars;

    (ii) the amount charged by the retailer for administration


    of the customer’s account;

    (iii) the amount paid to the owner under the owner’s


    distribution tariff for the account of the customer, in
    dollars;

    (iv) under the heading “local access fee” any amount


    levied under section 45 of the Municipal Government
    Act, or Schedule 1, section 21 of the Metis
    Settlements Act or by bylaw under the Indian Act
    (Canada), and must also include the name of the
    municipality, Metis settlement or band that will
    receive the levied amount,

    2
    Section 5 BILLING REGULATION, 2003 AR 159/2003

    (b) include the customer’s site identification number or


    numbers as specified in the ISO Rules for load settlement,
    but if the retailer and customer agree, the site
    identification number or numbers may be provided in
    electronic format to the customer when the bill is sent to
    the customer,

    (c) specify the customer’s consumption of electric energy on


    which the charge referred to in clause (a)(i) is based,

    (d) specify the period for which each of the amounts referred
    to in clause (a) is calculated,

    (e) indicate the name and telephone number of the owner, or


    a person authorized by the owner to act on its behalf, to
    answer customer inquiries about distribution access
    service, and

    (f) include any information that is required by the Utility


    Commodity Rebate Regulation to be included in the
    customer’s bill.
    AR 159/2003 s4;60/2015;74/2022

    Repeal
    5 The Billing Regulation (AR 290/99) is repealed.
    AR 159/2003 s5;288/2009

    Expiry
    6 For the purpose of ensuring that this Regulation is reviewed for
    ongoing relevancy and necessity, with the option that it may be
    repassed in its present or an amended form following a review, this
    Regulation expires on April 30, 2025.
    AR 159/2003 s6;224/2012;60/2015;190/2020

    Coming into force


    7 This Regulation comes into force on the coming into force of
    Parts 1 to 10 of the Electric Utilities Act, SA 2003 cE-5.1.

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