EPCOR Distribution and Transmission is the owner of the electric distribution system in Edmonton. EPCOR Distribution and Transmission delivers electrical energy to you, but they do not sell this energy to you.
EPCOR Distribution and Transmission is in the process of updating their web site and staff training following some recent discussions that I have had with them, so that the micro-generation
information is much easier to find and their staff have the correct information to give to you.
Click here for their Micro-Generation web site.
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You need to download the following documents to connect to EPCOR Distribution's grid:
- The Alberta Utilities Commission's
Micro-Generator Application Guideline
- EPCOR Distribution and Transmission's
Micro-Generator Application Form
- EPCOR Distribution and Transmission's
Mini Micro-Generator interconnection and operating agreement
- EPCOR Distribution and Transmission's
Terms and Conditions for Distribution Connection Services
- EPCOR Distribution and Transmission's
Terms and Conditions for Distribution Access Service
Click here to see EPCOR Distribution and Transmission's documents on the technical requirements distributed generators.
Be aware that none of these specifically relate to micropower systems and so could have incorrect information in them. I am understanding that EPCOR is going to be updating these, but
they may need to be 'encouraged' to achieve this goal. They show an e-mail address of distgen@epcor.ca, but I don't know whether
anyone is looking at any e-mail being delivered there at all.
If you have any questions about any of this please call Kelly Lunden, EPCOR Distribution and Transmission, Customer Engineering Services, at 412 4410.
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If you find anything here that is not correct, please let us know. I hope that I can update this with any new information about micro-generation from EPCOR Distribution and Transmission.
Please contact us if you have any questions about anything presented here.
We welcome all comments, critique, suggestions and challenges to anything we present.
Howell-Mayhew Engineering, Inc.
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Phone: +1 780 484 0476 GMT-7 (Mountain Time)
E-mail: ghowell (at) hme (dot) ca
Attn: Gordon Howell, P.Eng.