NOTICE OF HEARING
2004 ENMAX/EPCOR MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC SERVICE PROCEEDING
2004-200X DISTRIBUTION TARIFF (DT) APPLICATIONS
ENMAX POWER CORPORATION, Application No. 1306819
EPCOR DISTRIBUTION INC., Application No. 1306821

2004-200X REGULATED RATE TARIFF (RRT) APPLICATIONS
ENMAX POWER CORPORATION, Application No. 1306818
EPCOR DISTRIBUTION INC., Application No. 1306820

Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (the Board) will hold public hearings respecting the above Applications (the 2004 ENMAX/EPCOR Municipal Electric Service Applications). The Hearings on these matters will commence in the Board's 12th floor hearing room at 10055 106th Street, Edmonton, on September 12, 2003 at 9:00 A.M. with the Pre-Hearing Conference at which the Board will hear and consider administrative matters regarding the proceeding. Interveners must register by August 15, 2003 and must be present at the commencement of the Pre-Hearing Conference.

Nature of the Applications

ENMAX Power Corporation (ENMAX) and EPCOR Distribution Inc. (EPCOR) will file with the Board by October 1, 2003 their respective Distribution Tariff (DT) and Regulated Rate Tariff (RRT) applications for the 2004 test year. The ENMAX tariffs will apply to customers receiving electrical service within the ENMAX Calgary municipal service area and the EPCOR tariffs will apply to customers located within the EPCOR Edmonton municipal service area. The Applicants have indicated that portions of their applications may cover a multi-year period extending beyond 2004.

Each Applicant will be seeking the Board's approval of its DT that sets out its charges to retailers and self-retailers for the use of its distribution system to provide electrical energy to the retailer's customers and the Terms and Conditions of Service that govern the use of each Applicant's distribution system by retailers and customers. Each DT will include separate charges for transmission system access service and distribution system access service.

Customer choice of electricity supplier drives the need for a Distribution Tariff. In Alberta, customers may choose among retailers of electrical energy. In 2004, each retailer serving customers in the Calgary and Edmonton municipal service areas will pay the charges set out under the EUB-approved DT to use the distribution system to provide energy to that retailer's customers.

Each Applicant, as a default supplier, will also be seeking the Board's approval of its RRT that sets out the charges for energy and RRT service for eligible customers that have not contracted with a retailer for electrical energy supply. Eligible customers are small customers with annual consumption less than 250 MWh and all residential customers. All Farm and Irrigation Rate Class customers are also eligible, however, ENMAX and EPCOR have indicated that there are no Farm or Irrigation Rate Class customers within the ENMAX and EPCOR municipal service areas. The RRT sets out charges to eligible customers for energy consumed and the Terms and Conditions of Service pursuant to which each eligible customer will be served.

Additional Information

To obtain additional information or a copy of the Applications please contact:

After October 1, 2003, copies of the application will be available for viewing at the EUB's offices at the addresses indicated below:

For information about EUB procedures contact:

Utilities Branch, Edmonton Office

Attention:            Brian Ploof

Telephone:           (780) 422-2597

Email:                  brian.ploof@gov.ab.ca

To Register as an Intervener

Any party wishing to register as an intervener should do so by August 15, 2003. A copy of your intervention setting out your reasons for intervening should be sent directly to the Applicants at the addresses provided above and twelve copies to Brian Ploof, Application Officer, Utilities Branch, 5th Floor, 640 5th Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4, and also e-mailed to the Utilities Branch at EUB.UTL@gov.ab.ca.

In accordance with Section 38 of the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Rules of Practice, witnesses at the hearing must give evidence under oath or affirmation.

Schedule

The following schedule has been established to deal with the 2004 ENMAX/EPCOR Municipal Electric Service Applications.

Please note that updates regarding any changes to the schedule will only be provided to registered interveners or upon request.

2004 ENMAX/EPCOR DT and RRT Municipal Electric Service Proceeding:

 

Event	Date
Notice	July 14, 2003
Register as an Intervener	August 15, 2003
Applications Field (Preferred filing date)	September 2, 2003
Initial Applicant Issues List	September 2, 2003
Initial Intervener Issues List	September 8, 2003
Pre-Hearing Conference (9:00 AM)	September 12, 2003
Initial Board Issues List (Interim and Final Tariffs)	October 1, 2003
Applications Filed (Latest date permitted by law)	October 1, 2003 (or earlier)
Interim Tariffs:
IRs to Applications	October 10, 2003
Applicants Responses to IRs	October 20, 2003
Hearing on ENMAX and EPCOR Interim Tariffs (oral argument and reply) 12th Floor, 10055-106 Street, Edmonton, Alberta	October 27-31, 2003
Initial Decision	November 14, 2003
Re-filings by Applicants	November 21, 2003
Final Decision(s)	November 28, 2003
Final Tariffs:
IRs to Applicants	November 10, 2003
Applicant Responses to IRs	December 10, 2003
Intervener Evidence	January 14, 2004
IRs to Interveners	January 28, 2004
Intervener Responses to IRs	February 12, 2004
Rebuttal Evidence	February 23, 2004
Hearing	March 1-26, 2004
Argument	April 26, 2004
Reply	May 17, 2004
Initial Decision(s)	August 10, 2004
Re-filings by Applicants	August 24, 2004
IRs on Re-filings (if Board determines necessary)	August 31, 2004
Responses to IRs	September 6, 2004
Submissions on Re-filings	September 13, 2004
Reply Submissions	September 20, 2004
Final Decision(s)	September 30, 2004

Issued at Calgary, Alberta, on July 15, 2003.

ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD

Michael J. Bruni, Q.C., General Counsel