Settlement and credit
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Settlement dates
- 2021/2022 Settlement Dates[Posted: January 12, 2021]
- 2020/2021 Settlement Dates[Posted: October 1, 2020]
- 2019/2020 Settlement Dates[Posted: January 10, 2019]
Settlement process guides
If you are a market participant or are interested in how settlement works, and need help with the power pool financial settlement process, view these guides.
- Sample Pool Statement 2021[Posted: January 12, 2021]
- Information Document # 2011-002R - Power Pool Settlement Guide[Posted: January 13, 2017]
Energy market disputes
View the 2020-2021 power pool financial settlement dispute timelines.
Banking information/treasury
All transactions related to energy market and transmission settlements must remain separate, deposited into their respective Bank of Montreal accounts without netting energy market and transmission statements. The AESO will electronically transfer amounts owed to participants and customers on the cash settlement date based upon the separate energy market (pool) and transmission statements, without any netting to offset amounts that might be owed to the AESO (i.e. netting transmission and energy market).
For more information please contact accounting@aeso.ca.
Bank of Montreal
340 – 7 Avenue SW
Calgary, AB T2P 0X4
Credit
The AESO has obtained a credit rating of AA-/Stable from Standard and Poor’s Ratings Services, a leading global provider of independent credit risk research and benchmarks.
To access Standard and Poor’s rating summary analysis for the AESO, visit www.standardandpoors.com.
Please direct any questions to:
Phone: 403-539-2900
Email: credit@aeso.ca
Energy market and transmission
For templates of the letter of credit, Guarantee and/or Cash Collateral Agreement, please contact:
Phone: 403-539-2900
Email: credit@aeso.ca
Credit procedures
Under the ISO Rules, Section 103.3 Financial Security Requirements, market participants are subject to a financial review by the Alberta Electric System Operator. The intent of the financial review is to assess the creditworthiness of a market participant in order to determine if any unsecured credit limit should be granted. Please refer to ISO Rules Section 103.7 Financial Default and Remedies as well as ISO Tariff Section 5 Financial Obligations for Connection Projects and Section 13 Financial Security, Settlement and Payment Terms for additional market participant credit related information.
For more information, please read the AESO Credit Procedures guide.
The Credit Procedures Guide, developed to support the AESO’s implementation of the ISO Rule and ISO Tariff, provides transparency to market participants as it relates to the AESO business processes and practices for managing market participant prudential requirements.
In the event of any discrepancies between the Credit Procedures Guide and the ISO Rules, the ISO Rules will take precedence. The granting of an unsecured credit limit for any market participant is at the discretion of the AESO.
For information on the Credit Procedures Guide, or to provide feedback, please contact:
Phone: 403-539-2900
Email: credit@aeso.ca
Prudential pool price
On the third business day of each month, the AESO will post a pool price for the current month, which will be used for the prudential requirement calculations for AESO market participants.
The AESO will calculate the monthly pool price for prudential requirements using a multiplier applied to the Alberta forward electricity price. The use of a multiplier is to allow for price volatility differences between actual pool prices and forward pool prices. If the actual pool price reaches or exceeds the pool price used for AESO prudential requirement, the AESO may request additional financial security from a market participant at its discretion.
For more information on the prudential pool price read the AESO Credit Procedures Guide.
2021 prudential pool price
Month | Pool Price |
January | $ 69.00 |
February | $ 92.00 |
March | $ 73.00 |
April | $ 87.00 |
Monthly reporting
As part of the AESO’s monthly credit reporting to market participants, the chart in the document below includes the unsecured credit limits and related credit exposures by credit rating category (i.e. AAA, AA, A, BBB) for rated market participants for the preceding two months. The chart also includes credit exposures, financial security and the amount of any unsecured credit granted by the AESO to non-rated market participants.
To protect the confidentiality of its market participants, the AESO will only provide aggregated information. No information will be provided on an individual market participant basis.
- 2021
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2020
2020
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of December 31 2020
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of November 30 2020
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of October 31 2020
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of September 30 2020
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of August 31 2020
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of July 31 2020
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of June 30 2020
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of May 31 2020
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of April 30 2020
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of March 31 2020
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of February 29 2020
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of January 31 2020
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2019
2019
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of December 31 2019
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of November 30 2019
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of October 31 2019
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of September 30 2019
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of August 31 2019
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of July 31 2019
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of June 30 2019
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of May 31 2019
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of April 30 2019
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of March 31 2019
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of February 28 2019
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of January 31 2019
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2018
2018
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of March 31 2018[Posted: May 16, 2018]
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of December 31 2018
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of November 30 2018
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of October 31 2018
- 09 Monthly Credit Exposures as of September 30 2018
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of August 31 2018
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of July 31 2018
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of June 30 2018
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of May 31 2018
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of April 30 2018
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of March 31 2018
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of February 28 2018
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of January 31 2018
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2017
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of October 31 2017[Posted: January 15, 2018]
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of November 30 2017[Posted: January 29, 2018]
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of September 30 2017[Posted: December 18, 2017]
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of August 31 2017[Posted: November 7, 2017]
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of July 31 2017[Posted: October 6, 2017]
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of June 30 2017[Posted: September 11, 2017]
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of May 31 2017[Posted: August 14, 2017]
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of April 30 2017[Posted: July 11, 2017]
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of March 31 2017[Posted: June 23, 2017]
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of February 28 2017[Posted: June 23, 2017]
- Monthly Credit Exposures as of January 31 2017[Posted: April 10, 2017]
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2016
- Reporting of Monthly Credit Exposures as of December 31 2016[Posted: March 20, 2017]
- Reporting of Monthly Credit Exposures as of November 30 2016[Posted: February 10, 2017]
- Reporting of Monthly Credit Exposures as of October 31 2016[Posted: January 11, 2017]
- Reporting of Monthly Credit Exposures as of September 30 2016[Posted: December 14, 2016]
- Reporting of Monthly Credit Exposures as of August 31 2016[Posted: November 14, 2016]
- Reporting of Monthly Credit Exposures as of July 31 2016[Posted: October 17, 2016]
- Reporting of Monthly Credit Exposures as of June 30 2016[Posted: September 29, 2016]
- Reporting of Monthly Credit Exposures as of May 31 2016[Posted: September 29, 2016]
- Reporting of Monthly Credit Exposures as of April 30 2016[Posted: July 18, 2016]
- Reporting of Monthly Credit Exposures as of March 31 2016[Posted: June 10, 2016]
- Reporting of Monthly Credit Exposures as of February 29 2016[Posted: May 10, 2016]
- Reporting of Monthly Credit Exposures as of January 31 2016[Posted: April 6, 2016]