Alberta’s electrical grid stood at the brink of blackouts Jan. 13, before pulling back in the nick of time
Second evening in a row Alberta sees “grid alert” issued, but this time, it was a much closer-run thing.
Alberta’s electrical grid was in such peril of falling into rotating blackouts on Saturday night, the provincial government urged people to even turn off their bathroom fans, among other things.
Alberta goes under grid alert for just under 5 hours on Jan. 12
Wind craters, the sun went down and two thermal plants were offline on extremely cold evening. Despite having more combined coal, oil and gas reserves than almost any other jurisdiction on the planet, the province of Alberta was, once again, in an energy crisis the evening of Friday, Jan. 12.
How exactly did Alberta end up with $0 power on Dec. 26? Alberta Electric System Operator explains
The zeroing-out of the AESO pool price was an anomaly, and Pipeline Online inquired about this on Dec. 27. On Jan. 10, the AESO sent a fulsome response by email. Here is that entire response, verbatim.
Saskatchewan’s 2023 power generation in one monster graphic
Saskatoon-based electrical engineer Brahm Neufeld keeps a sharp eye on all the publicly released data on the province’s electrical grid, as published by SaskPower. While that data is orders of magnitude less detailed than the Alberta Electric System Operator’s public data for that province’s grid, Neufeld is able to pull out remarkable amounts information from what is available here.
Saskatchewan’s Year in Energy: Premier Scott Moe, 2023: Full Interview
If you didn’t have a chance to see this interview posted in four pieces before, here is the full year-end interview between Premier Scott Moe and Pipeline Online editor and owner Brian Zinchuk
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