Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) Employee Directory
UtilitiesAlberta, Canada501-1000 Employees
The Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) is a utilities sector organization based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, employing 501-1000 people. Its mandate is to ensure the safe, reliable, and economical operation of Alberta's interconnected electric system and to promote a fair, efficient, and openly competitive electricity market. AESO directs the safe and reliable operation of the grid through system controllers who dispatch generation and oversee the transmission system on a 24/7 basis, and it plans the transmission system by developing power supply and demand forecasts and pursuing regulatory approvals for needed lines. It connects customers to the grid via a formal Connection Process and operates the wholesale electricity market, including market design, a financial settlement function, and ongoing rule development. The organization works with industry partners to keep electricity flowing to almost five million Albertans, and it recovers transmission system costs from customers through tariffs while forwarding remaining operating revenue to transmission facility owners.