This is a map of showing the areas covered by the electrical wires companies (also called Wires Owners, Wires Service Providers, Distribution Facilities Owners and Distribution Service Operators). created by the Electric Utilities Act is responsible for the administration of the province- Twowide wires transmission companies grid. are privateThis Transmission (ATCO Electric Administrator and Fortis oversees Alberta), the use several of the are owned by towns and cities (EPCOR, ENMAX, Red Deer Electric Light and Power, , etc as transmission system to ensure the safe, reliable operation of the system, and to ensure you can see below) and some are farmer co-ops called Rural Electrification Associations that access to the transmission system is available on a non-discriminatory basis to all (REAs). market participants who pay a common rate. There are a few dozen REAs. They are scattered throughout ATCO Electric's and Fortis Alberta'sIn order areas. to connect Some a REAsdistributed operate generation their own system electrical to the distributiongrid, the customer system. must Some hire Fortisapply Alberta to the or utility ATCO (or Electricutilities) tothat operate owns the their wires electrical in their distributionarea (now called system. a Wires Owner). See the map below for a general idea of which Wires Owner to contact in your region. The DG owner must also register with the Power Pool of Alberta and apply to the

Alberta Energy and Utilities Board for approval. (See Section 5.0 for connectionList details). of REAs: Armena REA Battle River REA Beaver REA Borradaile REA Braes REA Claysmore REA ATCO Electric Delburne West REA Devonia REA ATCO Drayton Valley REA EPCOR (City of ) Duffield REA EQUS REA Ermineskin REA Fenn REA Town of Ponoka Heart River REA Aquila Kingman REA Networks Kneehill REA Lakeland REA City of Red Deer Lindale REA MacKenzie REA Mayerthorpe and District REA Montana REA Fortis Alberta REA Niton REA North Parkland Power REA ENMAX (City of ) Peigan Indian REA Rocky REA City of Sterling REA Stony Plain REA Stry REA Tomahawk REA Municipality V.N.M. REA

of Crowsnest Town of Fort MacLeod Warwick REA Pass Town of Cardston West Liberty REA West REA

Wild Rose REA Willingdon REA Zawale REA