Alberta's Electricity Future: Unlocking Non-Wires Solution Summit
Tue, Mar 10
|Markin MacPhail Centre, 2nd Floor
An EFL-facilitated workshop to explore diverse perspectives on the role and value of non-wires solutions in Alberta’s future electricity systems
Time & Location
Mar 10, 2026, 8:15 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. MDT
Markin MacPhail Centre, 2nd Floor , 151 Canada Olympic Rd S W #500, Calgary, AB T3H 4E5, Canada
About the Event
How might we better enable the integration of non-wires solutions into transmission and distribution planning in a way that benefits consumers and incentivizes utilities to implement them?
Why Non-Wires Solutions (NWS) , Why Now?
NWS have been identified by AEF participants and independent research as a fundamental key to unlocking our co-created future state. A future state where customers have increased choices when it comes to their electricity; businesses have greater economic & entrepreneurial opportunities; and utilities have enhanced tools for system resiliency, all of which enable more affordable electricity services. There is a desire from AEF participants to work collaboratively with government and the regulator to find a solution to near-term implementation of NWS.
Our Approach
On March 10, 2026 AEF hosted 40 key stakeholders with diverse perspectives across sectors, including representatives of the system operator, regulator, generation, transmission, distribution, retail, think tanks, the provincial government and provincial consumer advocate, industry associations, NGOs, consumer associations, and consultants to explore how NWS might be enabled to add value to our grid in the coming years and the conditions required to support their deployment.
Insights from this session may serve as critical inputs to the anticipated GoA Distribution Policy engagement, expected in 2026.
Sponsors
We are grateful to EPCOR, FortisAlberta, ENMAX Corporation, and CLEAResult Canada for supporting this event.
