Based on stakeholder feedback received at the April 30, 2025 stakeholder session, we are amending our feedback request to include a 10th Draft Hypothesis Statement. You will be able to submit your feedback starting on May 7, 2025.

Purpose

To define the key problem areas of the current Rate DTS, establish evaluation criteria and generate hypothesis statements that will guide data gathering & analysis in subsequent phases

Instructions

1. To submit your responses, you will need to be registered and signed in on the AESO Engage platform. 
2. You will need to refer to the Draft Hypothesis Statements document  in order to provide feedback.
3. Please click on the "Submit Stakeholder Feedback" box below to begin the survey and provide your specific comments. 
   
4. This written feedback is comprised of three "pages", thus allowing you to save your progress after every page of questions, please click "next" to get to the following pages.
5. One completed survey per organization. 
6. All responses will be shared on AESO Engage as received.
7. Responses are due on or before May 29, 2025.

Stakeholder Questions

Draft Hypothesis Statements 

• You will be asked if you agree or disagree with the nineDraft Hypothesis Statements, and provide reasons if you disagree.
• Please rank the draft hypothesis statements according to which you feel is most to least important (1=most and 9=least).
• Are there any hypothesis statements that should be added?

Scorecard Approach

• Is there alignment between the Draft Hypothesis Statements and proposed Scorecard? Please provide rationale.
• Any further comments on the scorecard approach?

Internal Demand Rates Studies

• Do you have any further comments on the scope of the three studies to be completed in 2025?

Purpose

To define the key problem areas of the current Rate DTS, establish evaluation criteria and generate hypotheses that will guide data gathering & analysis in subsequent phases

Instructions

1. To submit your responses, you will need to be registered and signed in on the AESO Engage platform. 
2. Please click on the "Submit Stakeholder Feedback" box below to begin the survey and provide your specific comments. 
3. Please submit one completed survey per organization. 
4. All responses will be shared on AESO Engage, unless otherwise noted. 
5. Responses are due on or before April 3, 2025.

Stakeholder Questions

Feedback on Current Rate Design

1. In your view, what are the current goals of Rate DTS? 

2. What problem(s)/issue(s) do you want addressed in rate redesign for internal demand rates? 

3. What goals are not being met in the current rate design? 

4. Where is there tension or conflict between goals in the current rate design? 

Scorecard Evaluation Criteria

1. The AESO intends to take a “scorecard” approach to evaluating the performance of the current rates and comparing alternatives. Please select the criteria that should be included in the evaluation. Select all that apply.

• Recovery of total revenue requirement
• Efficient price signals (for transmission-connected customers)
• Ability for distribution utilities to flow through price signals
• Stability and predictability
• Simplicity
• Innovation and cost savings
• Fair, objective, and equitable (minimizing inter-customer subsidies)
• Flexibility and durability

2. For every criteria you did not select, please explain.

3. Are there any other rate design principles or strategic objectives that should be included? Please explain.

4. Any additional comments?

Internal Demand Rates Studies

We have shared the Preliminary Consultant Statements of Work to assist stakeholders with responding to these questions.

1. If the AESO hired one or more consultants to support some or all aspects of any of the following proposed studies, does your organization have a view on which consultants we should (or should not) seek proposals from? (To allow for transparent feedback, these answers will be kept confidential)

Proposed studies: 

• Cost of Service Study
• Benefit of Service Study
• Current Rate DTS performance

2. Any additional comments on proposed studies. (These answers will be shared publicly)