On Aug. 11, 2022, the AESO hosted an information session to provide stakeholders with an understanding of the AESO’s approach and plans to sustain reliability while managing significant changes in the generation supply mix and demand profiles within Alberta’s electricity sector. At the Sustaining Reliability Through the Transformationinformation session, the AESO reviewed the reliability domains being assessed through analysis and discussed the action plans that would be developed through the AESO 2023 Reliability Requirements Roadmap (Reliability Roadmap).
The AESO has completed the analysis, and the action plans presented in the Reliability Roadmap focus on three key areas of reliability—Frequency Stability, System Strength and Flexibility Capability. The Reliability Roadmap includes descriptions of each issue, the degree of mitigation urgency required, key findings from the AESO’s reliability assessments, and action plans.
Details are in the AESO2023 Reliability Requirements Roadmap.
Out-of-Scope
The following topics are out-of-scope for this initiative:
Government policy-related initiatives or topics
Project-specific questions
Any open regulatory file-related questions
Introduction and Purpose
On Aug. 11, 2022, the AESO hosted an information session to provide stakeholders with an understanding of the AESO’s approach and plans to sustain reliability while managing significant changes in the generation supply mix and demand profiles within Alberta’s electricity sector. At the Sustaining Reliability Through the Transformationinformation session, the AESO reviewed the reliability domains being assessed through analysis and discussed the action plans that would be developed through the AESO 2023 Reliability Requirements Roadmap (Reliability Roadmap).
The AESO has completed the analysis, and the action plans presented in the Reliability Roadmap focus on three key areas of reliability—Frequency Stability, System Strength and Flexibility Capability. The Reliability Roadmap includes descriptions of each issue, the degree of mitigation urgency required, key findings from the AESO’s reliability assessments, and action plans.
Details are in the AESO2023 Reliability Requirements Roadmap.
Out-of-Scope
The following topics are out-of-scope for this initiative:
The AESO hosted a virtual session on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, to review the AESO 2023 Reliability Requirements Roadmap (Reliability Roadmap).
Purpose
Review the scope of the Reliability Roadmap and the scenarios used for the assessments
Provide an overview of each key reliability domain (Frequency Stability, System Strength and Flexibility Capability) assessed and presented in the Reliability Roadmap, including:
Description and definition of each domain
Reliability issues identified
Assessments and key findings
Potential mitigations and operational readiness
Review proposed action plans, including priority, implementation time horizon, and specific actions
Provide an opportunity for stakeholders to ask questions about the Reliability Roadmap
Information Session Materials
Located under Information Session 2 in the Materials section.
The AESO hosted a virtual stakeholder information session on Aug. 11, 2022, from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Purpose
Provide stakeholders with an understanding of the AESO’s approach and plans to ensure reliability is sustained as the industry transforms to a more decarbonized and decentralized future
Review reliability domains that the AESO is assessing through analysis and the action plans that will be developed through the AESO 2023 Reliability Requirements Roadmap
Share preliminary perspectives on the future challenges anticipated within each reliability domain, the priority of action the AESO will be taking, and the AESO’s directional approach to address the highest priority reliability challenges
Discuss how the Reliability Requirements Roadmap integrates with other current reliability-related initiatives (e.g., frequency response capability, Most Severe Single Contingency [MSSC] limits, intertie restoration) and analysis (e.g., Long-term Transmission Plan, System Flexibility Assessment, Net-Zero Emissions Pathways)
Information session materials
Located under Information Session 1 in the Materials section.
