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Opinion: Alberta needs ‘reliable, affordable, and clean’ electricity grid

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Alberta can avoid an another emergency alert for its electricity grid by working with Ottawa and the other provinces to create a "reliable, affordable and clean" grid, the Pembina Institute's Scott MacDougall and Jason Wang write in an opinion piece for the Calgary Herald. Photo by Patrik Jensen on Unsplash

Scott MacDougall and Jason Wang, both with the electricity program at the Pembina Institute, a Canadian think tank focused on clean energy, write in an opinion piece for the Calgary Herald how the Alberta government could avoid issuing another emergency alert for the provincial electricity grid.

“It’s up to Alberta to build a clean, affordable, and reliable grid, aligning itself with international standards and peer jurisdictions. The government knows many of the solutions and there is ample research from which they can draw. But the government needs to start acting on these solutions rather than muddling public understanding and politicizing the issue. Alberta needs to work with other provinces and the federal government to create a grid that is reliable, affordable, and clean.”

Read the full article in the Calgary Herald published Jan. 27, 2024.

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