Related Party Transactions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Related-Party Transactions

Details of the Corporation’s principal operating subsidiaries at Dec. 31, 2020, are as follows:


Subsidiary	Country	Ownership (per cent)	Principal activity
TransAlta Generation Partnership	Canada	100	Generation and sale of electricity
TransAlta Cogeneration, L.P.	Canada	50.01	Generation and sale of electricity
TransAlta Centralia Generation, LLC	US	100	Generation and sale of electricity
TransAlta Energy Marketing Corp.	Canada	100	Energy marketing
TransAlta Energy Marketing (U.S.), Inc.	US	100	Energy marketing
TransAlta Energy (Australia), Pty Ltd.	Australia	100	Generation and sale of electricity
TransAlta Renewables Inc.	Canada	60.1	Generation and sale of electricity

Associate or joint venture	Country	Ownership (per cent)	Principal activity
SP Skookumchuck Investment, LLC	US	49	Generation and sale of electricity
EMG International, LLC	US	30	Wastewater treatment and biogas fuel to generate electricity

Transactions between the Corporation and its subsidiaries have been eliminated on consolidation and are not disclosed. Associates and joint ventures have been equity accounted for by the Corporation.

Transactions with Key Management Personnel

TransAlta’s key management personnel include the President and CEO and members of the senior management team that report directly to the President and CEO, and the members of the Board. Key management personnel compensation is as follows:


Year ended Dec. 31	2020	2019	2018
Total compensation	27	30	17
Comprised of:
Short-term employee benefits	12	13	11
Post-employment benefits	2	2	2
Termination benefits	—	2	—
Share-based payments	13	13	4