Related Party Transactions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Related-Party Transactions

Details of the Company’s principal operating subsidiaries at Dec. 31, 2023, 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	100(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

(1)On Oct. 5, 2023, the Company acquired all of the outstanding common shares of TransAlta Renewables not already owned, directly or indirectly, by TransAlta and certain of its affiliates. TransAlta Renewables at Dec. 31, 2023, is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (2022 – 60.1 per cent). Refer to Note 4 for more details.

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

A. Transactions with Key Management Personnel

TransAlta’s key management personnel include the President and Chief Executive Officer ("CEO"), 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	2023	2022	2021
Total compensation	21	23	30
Comprised of:
Short-term employee benefits	11	11	14
Post-employment benefits	1	1	1
Termination benefits	1	—	—
Share-based payments	8	11	15

B. Transactions with Associates

In connection with the exchangeable securities issued to Brookfield, the Investment Agreement entitles Brookfield to nominate two directors to the TransAlta Board. This allows Brookfield to participate in the financial and operating policy decisions of the Company, and as such, they are considered associates of the Company.

In addition to the exchangeable securities disclosed in Note 25, the Company may, in the normal course of

operations, enter into transactions on market terms with associates that have been measured at exchange value and recognized in the Consolidated Financial Statements, including power purchase and sale agreements, derivative contracts and asset management fees. Transactions and balances between the Company and associates do not eliminate.

Transactions with Brookfield include the following:



Year ended Dec. 31	2023	2022	2021
Power sales	135	127	27
Purchased power	2	12	3
Asset management fees paid	1	2	2