Currently, there are generation projects amounting to over 26,000 MW, in different stages of development.

Furthermore, the lack of a concrete national standard was seen as a roadblock to the implementation of new distributed generation projects.

Under this system, auctions of capacity from new generation projects will be held three to five years in advance of delivery dates.

As a result, private investors will mainly embark on new generation projects, including hydropower and alternative energy.

Few of the other private generation projects presently under review have secured adequate investments to move forward.

The group is currently planning or delivering a number of major generation projects:

Maintenance and operation of a generation project is the responsibility of the seller.

In distributed generation projects such as a wind farm, a collector substation may be required.

After much public debate, the program outlined by the engineers was approved, the finances were allocated, and the generation long project was started.

The investment climate in Alberta has attracted a steady stream of investor-funded generation projects for the past ten years.