#AlbertaUnplugged🧵/5
#BlackoutsAtMinus30 goes back further than that to Notley's NDP & they're the one's that got it right: it's the status quo grid that was the threat in cost & functionality, & fixes are desperately required. UCP ripped out the fixes & made it all worse
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/ucp-aeso-weather-electricity-capacity-1.7085201
#abpoli #DanielleSmithIsUnfitToLead
Alberta pulled plug on changes to its electricity market in 2019 — would they have helped prevent grid risks? | CBC News
In 2019, the recently-elected United Conservative Party pulled the plug on plans to establish what's referred to as a capacity market for the province's energy system. Would it have helped avoid the challenging conditions last week's extreme cold posed?
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