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WEEK OF AUGUST 24 TO AUGUST 30, 2026 | BREAKERBRIEF.COM
Alberta (AESO)
One arrival this week, and it is a pricing story: Locational Marginal Pricing is now on the board, while comments on the ISO Tariff Redesign close Friday, September 4.
Corrected November 5, 2026. The first version of this edition called the September 4 windows the two a reader loses by missing. A third was open.
The through line: how power gets priced
The week's single new item, Locational Marginal Pricing, arrived in the last seven days. It lands on a calendar that already has pricing business on it: comments on the ISO Tariff Redesign Regulatory Consultation are due by Friday, September 4. If tariff design is your file, that comment window is the thing to protect time for, and the new page is the thing to read alongside it.
Coming up
Friday, September 4: two comment windows close on the same day. Comments are due on the ISO Tariff Redesign Regulatory Consultation and on Interconnected Electric System Protection Requirements. A third, Milestone 3 Round 2 of the Reliability Standards Sync Up Project, closes Friday, September 11.
Wednesday, August 26: the next dated step in the market, listed on Amendments to ID #2012-006R, Adequacy, Supply Shortfall and Energy Emergency Alerts. A scheduled step, not a filing deadline.
Friday, August 28: the 2026 Long-Term Outlook Plan (LTO) lists a formal feedback summary for this date. Again a scheduled step, nothing for the reader to file.
The wide view
Alberta's still-open list stands at 45 items, all tracked, running from the 2027 Budget Development Process through REM IT Systems Implementation to Grid Readiness, Integration & Performance (GRIP) Requirements.
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