EDMONTON – Alberta’s wind laboured little on Labour Day. Throughout the day, wind output from the 1722 wind turbines (at last count) totalling 5,688 megawatts of total generation capacity hovered around the 1 per cent output mark, ranging from 1.9 to 0.8 per cent....
On July 29, the Midwest Legislators Conference in Saskatoon held a “Dialectic on Energy Policy,” essentially a debate on energy choices in a world focused on climate change. Hal Kvisle, former CEO of TransCanada Pipeline/TC Energy was on the right side of...
By Matthew Scace The bad news for Alberta’s oil-reliant budget is set to get worse. Finance Minister Nate Horner says softening oil prices mean this year’s projected budget deficit is expected to grow by $1.3 billion, and will now finish at $6.5 billion in...
By Claire Rush Oregon could become the second U.S. state to require electric vehicle owners to enroll in a pay-per-mile program as lawmakers begin a special session Friday to fill a $300 million transportation budget hole that threatens basic services like snowplowing...
I was on the internet the other evening. (I know, not always a good idea) It was the usual, scrolling through a mix of reels, some comedic, some inspirational, and a little educational content before I went to sleep. It was then I came across a post by an acquaintance...
ESTEVAN – The bright blue sky was in sharp contrast to the dark clouds Saskatchewan’s coal-fired power workers have been under in recent years, with the impending shutdown of coal-fired power generation by 2030, as per federal mandate. But on June 18, Crown...
