Revised notice of hearing - Alberta Utilities Commission

Revised Notice
Hearing and amendment to application for
transmission development in the St. Paul area
ATCO Electric Ltd. filed a facility application with the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC or
the Commission) requesting approval to alter and expand the existing St. Paul 707S substation,
located in the southwest quarter of Section 17, Township 58, Range 9, west of the
Fourth Meridian, and to construct approximately 35 kilometres of 144-kilovolt (kV) transmission
line between the substation and a tap point on existing 144-kV transmission line 7L70.
A notice of hearing was issued on May 23, 2013, regarding the proceeding for this application
(Proceeding ID No. 2024). The notice included the date and location of the public hearing as
well as the process schedule established by the Commission.
On June 19, 2013, the Commission adjourned the hearing to accommodate the availability of
participants. The hearing will now commence at 9 a.m. on November 5, 2013.
Hearing:
The Commission will hold a public hearing on the application as follows:
Date Time Location
Tuesday, November 5, 2013 * Commencing at 9 a.m. St. Paul Recreation Centre
4802 53 Street
St. Paul, Alberta
* The hearing is scheduled for four days. Depending on the evidence and number of participants in the hearing the
entire scheduled time may not be necessary.
Please note that the applicant and interveners (or their representatives) must appear before the
Commission at the commencement of the hearing.
Application amendment:
On June 14, 2013, ATCO Electric Ltd. filed an amendment to the application. The portion of the
preferred east route located on the north boundary of the northeast quarter of Section 29,
Township 58, Range 9, west of the Fourth Meridian has been moved nine metres north onto the
south half of Section 32, Township 58, Range 9, west of the Fourth Meridian. ATCO Electric Ltd.
stated this route realignment was proposed in order to reduce tree clearing requirements and
consequently reduce impacts to cross-country ski trails.
A map of the proposed amendment can be found in ATCO Electric Ltd.’s submission assigned
Exhibit No. 115.

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For full application details and to view submissions please go to the E-filing section of our
website to access Proceeding ID No. 2024 or use this link:
https://www.auc.ab.ca/eub/dds/EPS_Query/ProceedingDetail.aspxProceedingID=2024
Participating in the hearing:
If you intend to present written evidence at the hearing, you must submit that written evidence by
September 9, 2013. Written evidence can be reports prepared by experts or written information
(including maps, charts, photographs and narrative statements) prepared by an intervener
personally, and clearly identified as such. Any report that was prepared by an expert, and which
is being filed in support of an intervener’s position, must clearly state the qualifications of the
expert and the name of the intervener who directed that the report was to be prepared. Please be
aware that the author of any report or other written evidence than an intervener expects the
Commission to rely upon must be available to be cross-examined at the hearing.
Privacy:
Please be aware that any information and materials you provide as part of an AUC proceeding,
except information granted confidentiality, will become part of the public record and will be
posted to the AUC’s electronic filing system. This includes personal information, such as your
name, address and any other personal information you provide.
Schedule and process:
The Commission has revised the process schedule for this proceeding as follows:
Process step
Date
Applicant’s response to information requests deadline August 19, 2013
Interveners’ written evidence deadline September 9, 2013
Information requests to interveners deadline September 23, 2013
Interveners’ response to information requests deadline October 11, 2013
Applicant’s reply evidence deadline October 25, 2013
Commencement of hearing November 5, 2013
The AUC prefers that all submissions are filed using the Digital Data Submission service found
on the AUC website under E-filing. Please choose intervener evidence as the submission type for
all documentary evidence submitted. Guidelines on how to access and use the e-filing services
are in the AUC Electronic Filing Services brochure, available in the news/brochure section of
our website. For additional assistance with making your submission please contact the AUC at
780-643-1055.
Local interveners, as described in the Alberta Utilities Commission Act, can apply for intervener
funding to assist in presenting their concerns in a well-prepared way. Details on the scale of costs
eligible for legal representation, consultants, analysts and experts as well as procedures for
obtaining funding can be found in AUC Rule 009: Rules on Local Intervener Costs.
For more information about the details in this notice or about AUC procedures, please contact the
lead application officer Danielle Glover at 403-592-4421 or email: danielle.glover@auc.ab.ca.

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The Alberta Utilities Commission is an independent, quasi-judicial regulatory body responsible
for making decisions about utility-related applications.
Issued on July 4, 2013.
The Alberta Utilities Commission
Douglas A. Larder, QC, General Counsel