2007 Energy Market Trading Charge

We now have the final energy market trading charge calculation for 2007 which is 13.6 cents per megawatt hour traded, including charges from the Market Surveillance Administrator (MSA). The overall energy market trading charge in 2007 has been increased by 0.7 cents from the 2006 rate of 12.9 cents per megawatt hour traded.

AESO Charge
The AESO’s component of the 2007 energy market trading charge has been approved by the AESO Board at 11.1 cents per megawatt hour traded, unchanged from 2006 and 2005.

MSA Charge
In accordance with the Electric Utilities Act, the energy market trading charge will also recover the costs required by the MSA.  The MSA's budgeting process is a separate activity, and their budget is approved by the Chair of the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB). The AESO receives the cost recovery requirement determined by the MSA and must include that amount net of any over/under-collection from a megawatt hour volume variance in the prior years in the energy market trading charge. In 2007, the MSA's costs represent 2.5 cents per megawatt hour traded compared to 1.8 cents in 2006.

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