Alberta Electric System Operator
Operations Report for July 2006

The Market

The Alberta integrated system Peak Demand and the Total Energy Consumption in July 2006

were 8,966 MW and 5,893 GWh, compared to 8,906 MW and 5,448 GWh in June, 2006.

On-peak* Pool Prices varied from 5.47 to 999.99 $/MWh and Off-peak* varied from 6.76 to 999.99 $/MWh.

(* On-peak and Off-peak Hours as defined by the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC),
On-peak Hours: HE 08:00 - HE 23:00 MST Monday through Saturday inclusive,
Off-peak Hours are the remaining hours Monday through Saturday, Sunday and statutory holidays in WECC.)

Report prepared on August 1, 2006.

Statistics:

Alberta Electric System Operator Monthly Report Sat, 01-Jul-2006 to Mon, 31-Jul-2006
	Pool Prices ($/MWh)			Pool Demand (MW)			Total Demand
Day	Minimum	Maximum	Average	Minimum	Maximum	Average *	(MWh) **
1	5.47	55.94	30.11	6,627	7,911	7,396	177,507
2	7.18	64.86	35.14	6,703	7,983	7,459	179,018
3	10.00	163.93	48.22	6,889	8,375	7,791	186,987
4	33.00	555.75	143.75	7,100	8,868	8,129	195,085
5	26.43	384.00	160.53	7,203	8,866	8,156	195,740
6	29.79	406.47	97.54	7,188	8,917	8,177	196,247
7	10.16	53.75	30.69	7,289	8,768	8,111	194,665
8	6.76	146.98	43.36	6,871	8,183	7,691	184,592
9	10.14	127.60	41.84	6,897	8,150	7,624	182,983
10	15.79	252.91	54.64	6,992	8,672	7,901	189,618
11	11.62	77.64	39.62	6,816	8,571	7,820	187,682
12	14.85	405.99	71.31	6,955	8,611	7,873	188,962
13	14.81	148.04	53.46	6,854	8,690	7,917	190,013
14	24.50	175.66	64.70	7,066	8,612	7,960	191,039
15	26.37	140.70	59.57	6,998	8,181	7,716	185,182
16	25.07	140.66	64.33	6,918	8,089	7,593	182,230
17	37.00	465.00	140.53	7,093	8,921	8,088	194,117
18	32.00	186.66	66.06	7,085	8,618	7,991	191,776
19	35.00	548.84	89.99	7,090	8,755	8,037	192,880
20	36.26	397.37	126.38	7,257	8,777	8,160	195,835
21	43.99	999.99	309.81	7,212	8,966	8,233	197,599
22	33.07	951.39	353.53	7,295	8,426	7,935	190,430
23	33.82	999.99	475.15	7,124	8,216	7,746	185,896
24	35.50	999.99	525.72	7,144	8,740	8,027	192,647
25	32.07	477.50	151.78	7,238	8,817	8,134	195,204
26	41.85	578.47	205.42	7,266	8,887	8,208	196,997
27	42.25	490.33	219.20	7,240	8,833	8,162	195,897
28	47.63	494.35	139.37	7,353	8,778	8,107	194,562
29	34.01	197.02	69.74	7,139	8,360	7,795	187,088
30	7.31	43.01	26.32	6,974	8,106	7,623	182,946
31	10.80	76.42	37.30	7,063	8,599	7,962	191,084
Monthly Value	5.47	999.99	128.23	6,627	8,966	7,920	5,892,508
Occurred on:
Day	1	21		1	21		177,507
Hour	8	15		6	15

* Average of hourly Pool Demands during the day.

** Sum of hourly Pool Demands for the day.

As this report is produced shortly after the end of the month, the data may not be final and is supplied for information purposes only.

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