December 6, 2023
Medicine Hat, AB–The City of Medicine Hat is correcting information about Medicine Hat’s electricity generation volumes.
Managing Director of Energy, Land and Environment Rochelle Pancoast issued a statement on Tuesday to correct inaccurate information that was shared at the recent public hearing on utility rates.
“At the public hearing, I shared messaging that the City of Medicine Hat considered volume metrics related to Medicine Hat’s electricity business confidential and would therefore not be released to the public. At the time I made this comment, my team and I were unaware that total volume data is publicly available through a partner organization. I recognize that this unintended discrepancy may have caused confusion, misunderstanding, or concern and, as such, I wish to extend my sincere apologies for anyone that may have been impacted.
“We provide an annual report of volume statistics to our regulator, the Alberta Utility Commissioner (AUC), but the AUC has indicated that the data is only used in an aggregated form (together with other market participant data), specifically to protect individual entity data. On the other hand, since the public hearing occurred, we learned that the Alberta Electricity System Operator (AESO) does publish City of Medicine Hat volume data. We did not anticipate that the data would exist since similar data shared with the AUC is confidential and we did not create a report with that information for the AESO.