2011 Long-term Transmission Plan

The AESO’s Long-term Transmission Plan provides market participants, customers, government and interested stakeholders a view of the proposed development of Alberta’s transmission system over the next 10 to 20 years. The plan is a blueprint for ensuring a robust transmission system that will provide reliable service to Albertans for years to come and facilitates a competitive marketplace that recognizes investment in new generation depends on access to an unconstrained and efficient transmission system.

The AESO takes a proactive, balanced and flexible approach to planning transmission infrastructure in Alberta, considering the future electricity needs of the province, generation additions, and relevant economic factors and is compliant with applicable legislative, regulatory and reliability requirements, specifically section 33(1) of the Electric Utilities Act (EUA) and sections 10(1) and 10(2) of the Transmission Regulation.