1608930_1609059_rev - Alberta Utilities Commission

Notice
Applications and hearing for Beartrap 940S
substation and associated transmission
facilities in the Bonnyville area
The Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) filed a needs application for approval to build and
connect a new point-of-delivery substation, to be known as Beartrap 940S, in the Cold Lake area
southeast of the town of Bonnyville. ATCO Electric Ltd. (ATCO) filed a facility application
requesting approval of facilities to meet the need identified in the AESO’s application.
The AUC will be holding a hearing with respect to Proceeding ID No. 2196, commencing at
9 a.m. on July 16, 2013. The AUC requests that anyone who has concerns about, objects to, or
supports one or more of the applications, make a written submission summarizing their concerns
to the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) by May 3, 2013, clearly identifying Proceeding ID
No. 2196 on the submission. If there are no submissions received, or if all concerns and
objections are withdrawn by interveners prior to the start of the hearing, the AUC may cancel the
hearing.
Information about the applications:
AESO Needs Application No. 1608930
In accordance with Section 34 of the Electric Utilities Act, the AESO filed an application with
the AUC on October 19, 2012, requesting approval of a needs identification document pertaining
to Beartrap 940S substation and related transmission facilities.
The application was filed in response to ATCO’s request, on behalf of Enbridge Pipeline
(Athabasca) Inc., for transmission system access to serve a pump station in the Cold Lake area.
The AESO identified that the need could be met by developing the new Beartrap 940S substation
and connecting it to existing 144-kilovolt (kV) transmission line 7L24 using a T-tap
configuration.
ATCO Facility Application No. 1609059
In accordance with sections 14, 15 and 18 of the Hydro and Electric Energy Act, ATCO filed an
application with the AUC on November 23, 2012, requesting permits to construct and licenses to
operate the following facilities:
Beartrap 940S substation, including one 144-kV transformer and other associated
facilities.
One 46-metre high telecommunications tower within Beartrap 940S substation.
Approximately 18 to 24 kilometres of new 144-kV single-circuit transmission
line 7LA24 from Beartrap 940S substation to a connection point on existing
transmission line 7L24. ATCO has applied for a preferred west route and an alternative
east route for transmission line 7LA24. Only one of the two routes may be approved.

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Beartrap 940S substation would be located at LSD 11 and 12 of Section 23, Township 60,
Range 4, west of the Fourth Meridian, approximately 14 kilometres southeast of the town of
Bonnyville. The substation would have a fenced area of approximately 59 metres by 64 metres.
A map of the transmission facilities proposed in ATCO’s facility application is included in this
notice.
In accordance with Section 15.4 of the Hydro and Electric Energy Act, the Commission has
combined the applications and will consider them jointly as Proceeding ID No. 2196. If no
concerns are received by the Commission on either the AESO’s need application or ATCO’s
facility application, the Commission will continue to process the applications and may approve
these applications separately.
For full application details please go to the e-filing services section of our website to access the
proceeding or use this link:
https://www.auc.ab.ca/eub/dds/EPS_Query/ProceedingDetail.aspxProceedingID=2196
Information session:
The Commission will hold an information session to discuss the hearing process. The merits of
the applications will not be discussed.
Date Time Location
Tuesday, April 23, 2013 7 p.m. Flint Field House
4313 - 50 Avenue
Bonnyville, Alberta
Hearing:
The Commission will hold a public hearing on the applications as follows:
Date Time Location
Tuesday, July 16, 2013 Commencing at 9 a.m. Centennial Centre
4313 - 50 Avenue
Bonnyville, Alberta
Please note that the applicants and interveners must appear before the Commission at the
commencement of the hearing at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, July 16, 2013.
Participating in the hearing:
If you intend to present written evidence at the hearing, you must submit that written evidence by
May 31, 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.

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Submissions:
The AUC prefers that all submissions are filed using the Digital Data Submission service found
on the AUC website under e-filing services. 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 Newsroom section
of our website. For additional assistance with making your submission please contact the AUC at
780-643-1055.
Please include the following and identify Proceeding ID No. 2196 with your submission:
Your name, address, phone number, email address and description of where your land is
in relation to the proposed facilities.
How your rights may be directly and adversely affected.
If objecting to the needs application, explain why you believe the project is not in the
public interest or is technically deficient.
If objecting to the facility application, please explain how the Commission’s decision will
affect you.
The nature and scope of your intended participation:
‣ whether you (or your representative) will file supporting evidence
‣ whether you (or your representative) will attend the hearing in Bonnyville, Alberta
‣ whether you (or your representative) intend to cross-examine any of the applicants’
witness panels
Alternative submission methods:
Complete the attached Form B Submission for combined needs identification document
application(s) and associated facility application(s) and either email filings@auc.ab.ca or mail
your submission to the AUC with the required information outlined above.
The AUC must consider the AESO’s assessment of the need to be correct unless someone
satisfies the Commission that the needs application is technically deficient, or that to approve it
would be contrary to the public interest.
The AUC must give consideration to whether construction of the proposed development is in the
public interest, having regard to the social, economic and environmental effects.
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.

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Summarized process schedule:
The Commission has established the following process to deal with the applications:
Process step
Date
Information session
April 23, 2013, 7 p.m.
Interveners’ participation submissions and issues lists deadline May 3, 2013
Interveners’ information requests (questions) to applicants May 17, 2013
deadline
Applicants’ deadline respond to information requests May 24, 2013
Interveners’ written evidence deadline May 31, 2013
Information requests to interveners deadline June 7, 2013
Interveners’ deadline to respond to information request June 21, 2013
Applicants’ reply evidence deadline July 5, 2013
Commencement of hearing
July 16, 2013, 9 a.m.
Contact information:
If you do not have access to the Internet, please contact the applicants to obtain a paper copy of
the applications:
Alberta Electric System Operator
ATCO Electric Ltd.
Application No. 1608930 Application No. 1609059
Nicole Weigel
Wes Caldwell
Phone: 403-539-2874 Phone: 780-733-2700
Email: need.applications@aeso.ca
Email: facilityapp@atcoelectric.com
2500, 330 Fifth Avenue S.W. 2000, 10035 - 105 Street
Calgary, Alberta T2P 0L4
Edmonton, Alberta T5J 2V6
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, contact the lead
application officer Victor Choy at:
Phone: 403-592-4439
Email: victor.choy@auc.ab.ca
The Alberta Utilities Commission is an independent, quasi-judicial regulatory body responsible
for making decisions about utility-related applications.
Issued on April 4, 2013.
The Alberta Utilities Commission
Douglas A. Larder, QC, General Counsel
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