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Regulation and Intervention



The Principals and Associates of ZE PowerGroup Inc.® are considered experts in rate design, market structure, RTO development, and regulatory processes. Members of the group have appeared as expert witnesses and have given testimony before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the National Energy Board of Canada ( NEB ) and numerous state and provincial regulators.

ZE's early and ongoing involvement in the jurisdictions which have pioneered deregulation has enabled the group to identify and recognize key regulatory precedents, develop and transfer critical insights and technologies to its clients and to contribute to the efficiency and effectiveness of the regulatory process.

ZE's Regulatory Services include:

Jurisdictional Market Monitoring and Analysis

  • Regulatory developments
  • Business innovation
  • Market activity
  • Structural analyses
  • Issues exploration and evaluation
  • Market power assessments
  • Pricing dynamics

Regulatory Planning

  • Regulatory strategy
  • Direct government and stakeholder representations
  • Expert testimony
  • Cross examination

Expert Support

  • CPCN development
  • System engineering studies
  • Cost of service analysis
  • Rate impact analysis
  • Regulatory submissions
  • Information request organization and response
  • Rate design
  • Market structural design
  • Market power assessments
Detailed below are examples of ZE PowerGroup's regulatory intervention

  • BC Hydro - Wholesale Transmission Service Rate Application, 1996, 1997, 1998
  • Albert Department of Energy - End User Choice - and the "Section 42" stakeholder hearings, 1997
  • Hydro-Quebec - Establishment of General Regulatory Principles for Setting and Applying Transmission Tariffs, to be set in Future Hearings, 1998
  • West Kootenay Power Ltd. - Transmission Access Application, 1999
  • West Kootenay Power Ltd. - Access Principles Application, 1999
  • BC Hydro - Bypass Guidelines for Independent Power Producers (IPPs), 2001
  • Hydro-Quebec TransEnergie - Transmission Rate Design R-3401-98, 2001
  • Hydro-Quebec - Distributor's Procurement Plan R-3470-2001 [Second Phase), 2002
  • An Inquiry into a Heritage Contract for B.C. Hydro's Existing Generation Resources and regarding Stepped Rates and Transmission Access, 2003
  • Sumas Energy 2, Inc. - Construction of an International Power Line from Sumas , Washington to Abbotsford, British Columbia (EH-1-2000), 2001-2003.
  • Vancouver Island Energy Corporation - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for the Vancouver Island Generation Project, 2003
  • BCTC - Open Access Transmission Tariff, 2005
Email services@ze.com for more information.
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