Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 160, Number 35: MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES

August 29, 2026

TA ALBERTA HYDRO LP, BY ITS GENERAL PARTNER TA ALBERTA HYDRO INC.

DOMINION WATER-POWER APPLICATION

TA Alberta Hydro Inc. (TransAlta), located at TransAlta Place, Suite 1400, 1100 1 Street SE Calgary, Alberta T2G 1B1, hereby gives notice that on October 14, 2024, an application was filed with the Director responsible for the administration of the Dominion Water Power Act, situated in the Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs, for renewal of water power licences for the Kananaskis Falls and Horseshoe Falls hydroelectric facilities, pursuant to Schedules I and II of Kananaskis Falls and Horseshoe Falls Water Power Regulations (SOR/97-473), issued under the Dominion Water Power Act.

The Kananaskis and Horseshoe facilities are located on the Bow River within the Municipal District of Bighorn No. 8, Alberta, and adjacent to the Stoney Nakoda First Nation Reserves Nos. 142, 143, and 144. Both facilities are designed as run-of-the-river hydroelectric plants that utilize the natural flow rate of the river as their water supply. They are classified as renewable energy facilities with generating capacity of 19 MW (Kananaskis) and 16.2 MW (Horseshoe). The facilities supply electricity to TransAlta customers and enhance the reliability of electric services in the Bow Valley corridor.

The application is for the renewal of the licences for an additional 30-year term. There are no proposed changes to the existing physical facilities or to the operation of the power generating plants within.

Interested parties are invited to provide comments or objections within 30 days of this notice, to be filed with the Director responsible for the administration of the Dominion Water Power Act (Environment and Renewable Resources, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada), by email to lfhc-dwpa@rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca.

The 30-day comment period begins on August 29, 2026, upon publication in the Canada Gazette, and ends on September 29, 2026.

TransAlta Corporation