Since the UCP government passed a law to modernize Alberta’s power grid, the Alberta Electric System Operator has issued 16 grid alerts.
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Once operational, it’ll be able to reduce the equivalent of 4,700 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, the same amount of emissions generated by 10,000 gas-powered vehicles.
They plan to focus on renewable energy projects instead.
Yesterday, Sonya Savage, the Alberta minister of energy, announced a new chair for the Alberta Electric System Operator.
Last week, the Government of Alberta announced that they’ll be entering a memorandum with 3 other provinces to explore nuclear energy. Those provinces—New Brunswick, Ontario, and Saskatchewan—entered an MOU this past December to explore nuclear energy. This update will functionally bring Alberta into the mix. In November 2018, the Trudeau government outlined recommendations for collaboration […]
A recent report from the AESO found that role of the Market Surveillance Administrator and its oversight of the electricity market needs clarification.