{"id":3224,"date":"2025-09-02T17:17:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T17:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albertautilitybilling.ca\/?page_id=3224"},"modified":"2025-09-21T21:41:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T21:41:52","slug":"self-retail","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/albertautilitybilling.ca\/index.php\/self-retail\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-Retail"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3224\" class=\"elementor elementor-3224\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-063161b elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"063161b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8f819eb\" data-id=\"8f819eb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49380b8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"49380b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Self-Retailer<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a26adc4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a26adc4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4cbff00\" data-id=\"4cbff00\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb4c3ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb4c3ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">As a self-retailer, you buy your electricity wholesale and deal directly with electricity and<br \/>natural gas distributors.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: inherit; 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font-weight: inherit; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-4);\">brings decades of experience in complex energy markets, allowing you to:<\/span><\/p><ul><li>manage energy procurement<\/li><li>track and evaluate distribution charges<\/li><li>meet AUC and Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) requirements<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2cb3d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b2cb3d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our analysis and bespoke reporting on costs and charges (over all and at every site) gives you the insight to stay in control and lower your costs.<\/p><p>By buying electricity directly from the wholesale market with well thought out procurement strategies, you can lower your electricity costs. With easy access to your data and informative analysis, you can feel confident in your decisions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87ca6e2 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"87ca6e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7b1887 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e7b1887\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Become a self-retailer<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-646e38e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"646e38e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Register with Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO).<\/p><p>You will need to:<\/p><ul><li>complete an application to become a market participant<\/li><li>meet the AESO prudential requirements<\/li><li>provide banking information<\/li><li>pay an annual fee of $150 plus GST<\/li><li>purchase a certificate for secure access to the Energy Trading System (ETS)<\/li><li>sign an agreement with your distribution company and meet its prudential requirements<\/li><li>notify the AESO and your distribution company that AUB will be your billing agent<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f36be9 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"3f36be9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Self-Retailer As a self-retailer, you buy your electricity wholesale and deal directly with electricity andnatural gas distributors.\u00a0You are serving one major customer\u2014your own business. We are your professional partner, helping you manage your costs and stay competitive. Alberta Utility Billing (AUB) brings decades of experience in complex energy markets, allowing you to: manage energy procurement &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/albertautilitybilling.ca\/index.php\/self-retail\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Self-Retail<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3224","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Terese Brasen","author_link":"https:\/\/albertautilitybilling.ca\/index.php\/author\/tbrasen\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Self-Retailer As a self-retailer, you buy your electricity wholesale and deal directly with electricity andnatural gas distributors.\u00a0You are serving one major customer\u2014your own business. 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