Alberta's July energy rates

Enmax is still offering either floating electric or 8 cents per kwh fixed for five years and either floating gas or five years fixed at $6.59 per ggj

Judge throws out Lawsuit against Enmax

A judge has thrown out a $30-million class-action lawsuit against Enmax just months after the utility provider was sued for allegedly overcharging customers who had been late in paying their bills.

In the summary dismissal earlier this week, co-signed by the plaintiffs' lawyer Robert Hawkes and Enmax counsel Dalton McGrath, the judge tossed out the entire statement of claim filed Feb. 24.

Court of Queen's Bench Justice Alan Macleod gave no specific reason for the lawsuit being dismissed after just four months.

Calgary's Solar future

Experts Predict higher Electricity prices in Future

The price Calgarians pay for electricity is up slightly next month but at least one energy analyst is predicting consumers will be zapped by spiking rates more like those seen in April.
Enmax on Tuesday unveiled the rate for June — 7.15 cents per kw/h compared May’s 6.56 cents.
But Albertans should expect to pay considerably more than the current rates over the next two years as uncertain, interrupted supply meets increasing demand, said energy analyst Martin King of FirstEnergy Capital.
“An unexpected permanent shift in Alberta’s low cost generation availability has forced us to raise our power price outlook by as much as 50% over the next few years,” King stated in a report last month referring to the shutdown of Transalta’s Sundance 1 and 2 turbines.
“The permanent loss of the two units at Sundance has created greater uncertainty for the overall generation mix in the province, especially coming at a time of increasing demand.
On Wednesday, King said he’d “do nothing to change that outlook.”

Mapping power in Alberta

From the Centre for Energy

June 2011 Alberta Energy Home rates

The ENMAX Fixed rate offer province wide for June is 8 cents per kWh for electricity guaranteed for five years and either floating or five years fixed at $6.59 per GGJ for natural gas.