Albertans are not strangers to the power of nature. The same natural elements that grow and nourish our fields are known to produce thunderstorms, lightning, flooding, hail, drought, and forest and wildfires – all at unpredictable rates, durations, and severities. Tornadoes also make the list in Alberta – uncommon but not rare at a rate…
Read MoreFollowing the deregulation of the Alberta electricity market, electricity generators began selling their power to the Alberta Electric Systems Operator (AESO). This concept is commonly referred to as an “Energy Only Market,” and is the current practice in Alberta. For more information, download a report on the “State of the Market.”
A number of new facilities have been built since 2000, and interconnections between Alberta and British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Montana are essential in meeting the electricity demands in Alberta. Approximately 2% of the province’s electrical requirements are currently supplied under import agreements.
Interconnections between British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Montana are also an essential component to the supply of electricity to meet the demand in Alberta with about 2% of the provincial requirements being supplied under import agreements.
