David Staples: Your rising power bills could well define the outcome of the Alberta election

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David Staples: Your rising power bills could well define the outcome of the Alberta election
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We all expect our power bills to keep going up. The only question is how much and how fast.

If our natural gas generation is to still operate in a net-zero world, it will need costly carbon capture and storage systems built on to pump their emissions underground.

Notley’s NDP firmly rejects AESO’s analysis. “The report referenced today is a year old and significantly overestimates the costs of renewables,” said NDP candidate Kathleen Ganley. “It also fails to account appropriately for the role of new technologies.” Notley’s critique of AESO’s report and her own bold ambitions may possibly have merit, but her words would have more weight if AESO wasn’t an independent organization tasked with an essential but difficult job. AESO planners aren’t trying to win an election, they’re trying to reliably keep our lights on, power up our industrial base, and do so without excessively draining our wallets.it a green and sustainable source of energy.

Said UCP candidate Brian Jean, “Not only is it unrealistic, it’s also dangerous to the long-term viability of our economy. Everyone from moms and dads to business owners to farmers right across Alberta would bear the brunt of this anti-Alberta policy that comes straight from the desk of Justin Trudeau.”

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