When natural gas power plant outages brought Alberta’s electricity grid to the verge of collapse last April, one key factor kept the lights on. That crucial backstop? Imports of electricity from B.C. and other areas, through what are known as interties.
Yet despite the role imported power plays as a source of reliability and insurance, Alberta has neglected those lines, much to the consternation of provincial and state neighbours.
Through a freedom of information request, The Narwhal obtained a letter B.C’s former energy minister wrote last July to Alberta’s minister of affordability and utilities, Nathan Neudorf. In the letter, then-B.C energy minister Josie Osborne urged Alberta to prioritize upgrades on the electricity
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