Company: TSLTF
Filing Date: 2025-12-12
Form Type: SUPPL
Source: 0001193125-25-317786
Chunk: 308

Company: TRANSALTA CORP
Filing Date: 2025-12-12
Form: SUPPL
Chunk 308
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 would not otherwise be required. The power generation industry has certain inherent risks related to worker health and safety, and the environment, that could cause us to suffer unanticipated expenditures or to incur fines, penalties or other consequences material to our business and operations. The ownership and operation of our power generation assets carry an inherent risk of liability and reputational harm related to worker health and safety, and the environment, including the risk of government-imposed orders to remedy unsafe conditions and/or to remediate or otherwise address environmental contamination, potential penalties for contravention of health, safety and environmental laws, licences, permits and other approvals, and potential civil liability. Compliance with (and any future changes to) health, safety and environmental laws and the requirements of licences, permits and other approvals are expected to remain material to our business. The occurrence of any of these events or any changes, additions to, or more rigorous enforcement of health, safety and environmental laws, licences, permits or other approvals could have a significant impact on our operations and/or result in additional material expenditures. As a consequence, no assurances can be given that additional environmental and workers’ health and safety issues relating to presently known or unknown matters will not require unanticipated expenditures, or result in fines, penalties or other consequences (including changes to operations) material to our business and operations. Climate change and other variations in weather can affect demand for electricity and our ability to generate electricity. Due to the nature of our business, our earnings are sensitive to weather variations from period to period, as well as long-term changes due to climate change. Variations in winter weather affect the demand for electrical heating requirements. Variations in summer weather affect the demand for electrical cooling requirements. These variations in demand can translate into electricity market price volatility. Variations in precipitation also affect water supplies, which in turn affect our hydroelectric assets. Also, variations in sunlight and wind conditions can have an effect on energy production levels from our solar and wind facilities. Typically, when winters are warmer or summers are cooler, demand for energy is lower than expected, resulting in less electricity consumption than forecasted and often resulting in lower than expected market prices for electricity. Conversely, when winters are colder or summers are warmer, market prices for natural gas or electricity tend to be higher; however, in these circumstances, if we have entered into hedges and are unable to produce or consume the amount of natural gas or electricity that we have hedged we could be required to purchase additional volumes at higher prices to cover our hedge position. Our generation facilities and their operations