One thing you missed that I'm sure will chap your hide....
Right before deregulation, the Alta government sold off its generator capacities to the highest bidders. Unfortunately, the auctions was so poorly advertised only a handful of companies came out to buy anything. The result?
Enmax, Epcor, and formerly Enron (not sure who took over their contracts) bought up most of the generating capacity in Alberta.
So while they p*ss and moan publicly about the price of power and how they have to buy it from the pool like everyone else before distribution, they fail to mention the fact that they fixed their cost of generation 5 yrs ago (I believe they paid 0.04 cents per kWhr). Not a lot of people know or understand this, and I count Klein as one of them.
City of Calgary...thank you for a company that continues to rape us on a daily basis!!
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