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UK: TransAlta says price-fixing claims don’t ‘hold water’

By  |  February 12, 2015

TransAlta says allegations it broke the rules by manipulating electricity prices in Canada’s only fully deregulated electricity market are unfounded.

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    In closing written arguments to the Alberta Utilities Commission this week, the Calgary-based utility denies its actions constituted anti-competitive behaviour.

    “On its face, TransAlta’s conduct would not attract any anti-trust scrutiny under the Competition Act in Canada … or the laws of other jurisdictions, given TransAlta’s low market share and the absence of any exclusionary, predatory or disciplinary behaviour,” it says in a 224-page argument filed Tuesday.

    Full Content: Calgary Herald

     

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