MICRO-GENERATION

What is Micro-Gen? 

Micro-generation is electricity production, using renewable or alternative energy sources, sized to meet customer’s electricity needs.

How Micro-generation works

Under the Electric Utilities Act, the Micro-generation Regulation, allows Albertans to meet their own electricity needs by generating electricity from renewable or alternative energy sources.

Micro-generators producing excess electricity receive credits for what they feed to the grid. They are either:

• Small micro-generators (under 150 kilowatts) who are credited for the electricity sent back to the grid on a monthly basis at their retail rates, but they may also install a suitable meter to receive credit for excess electricity based on hourly wholesale market prices; or
• Large micro-generators (sized 150 kilowatts and above) who are credited for the electricity sent back to the grid at the hourly wholesale market price.

The Alberta Utility Commission (AUC) oversees the process with Rule 024 (version 1.1) available from their web site. For Rule 024 click here.