High-Quality Agricultural Lands and Visual Impact Assessment Zones for Electric Energy Development

This dataset is provided by the Ministry of Affordability and Utilities, Electricity Sustainability and Innovation Branch, and identifies the high-quality agricultural lands, buffer zones, and visual impact assessment zones in Alberta designated under the Electric Energy Land Use and Visual Assessment Regulation (EELUVAR) made under the Alberta Utilities Commission Act. These areas apply to applications for the construction or operation of power plants under Alberta Utilities Commission Rule 007, unless exempted under the regulation. Restrictions on development of high-quality agricultural land are limited to privately owned land as per the regulation. This data product includes the following datasets: Land Suitability Rating System (LSRS) Class 2 and Class 3H Lands, Visual Impact Assessment Zones, and Buffer Zones. Visual Impact Assessment Zones and Buffer Zones contain both private and public lands.

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Date ( RI_367 )
2025-11-26
Date ( RI_366 )
2024-12-06
RI_414
  Government of Alberta; Government of Alberta; Agriculture and Forestry - ( )
https://open.alberta.ca/opendata
Status
planned; planifié RI_597
Maintenance and update frequency
irregular; irrégulier RI_541
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • -CANADA
  • AGRICULTURAL-IMPACT-ASSESSMENT
  • AGRIVOLTAICS
  • ALBERTA
  • BOUNDARIES
  • BUFFER-ZONES
  • COEXISTENCE
  • HIGH-QUALITY-AGRICULTURAL-LAND
  • LAND-SUITABILITY-RATING-SYSTEM--LSRS-
  • MORATORIUM
  • POWER-PLANT
  • PRISTINE-VIEWSCAPES
  • RENEWABLES
  • SOLAR
  • UTILITIESCOMMUNICATION
  • VISUAL-IMPACT-ASSESSMENT
  • WIND
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Government information
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - Alberta (https://open.alberta.ca/licence)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
license; licence RI_606
Spatial representation type
vector; vecteur RI_635
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Metadata language
fra; CAN
Topic category
  • Society
Begin date
0001-01-01
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RI_414
  Government of Alberta; Government of Alberta; Agriculture and Forestry - ( )
https://open.alberta.ca/opendata
OnLine resource
High-Quality Agricultural Lands and Visual Impact Assessment Zones for Electric Energy Development - (HTML) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng

OnLine resource
Pristine Viewscapes and Visual Impact Assessment Zones Map (From Alberta Geodiscover Portal metadata) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng

OnLine resource
Original metadata (https://open.alberta.ca/opendata) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng

OnLine resource
High-Quality Agricultural Lands and Visual Impact Assessment Zones for Electric Energy Development - (XML) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;XML;eng

OnLine resource
LSRS Soils (SHP) (From Alberta Geodiscover Portal metadata) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;ZIP;eng

OnLine resource
Visual Impact Assessment and Buffers (SHP) (From Alberta Geodiscover Portal metadata) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;ZIP;eng

File identifier
740389f4-8da5-49c0-a194-65229638883c XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2026-01-13
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
HNAP ISO:19115 - 2003
RI_414
  Government of Alberta; Government of Alberta; Agriculture and Forestry - ( )
https://open.alberta.ca/opendata
 
 

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