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Originally Posted by cal_guy
The climate report advocated giving electricity generators and output based credit on a as-good-as-best gas basis. So a advanced combined cycle natural gas power plant would end up paying no net carbon tax, a biomass or wind power would end up getting money back, while coal plants would end up paying. A rough back of the envelope calculation an Alberta household would pay about $110 for 17GJ of coal power and $33 for 11GJ of natural gas if there are not allocation credits.
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Honest question, so how does that impact a typical household bill? Generation is fixed and regulated, so whatever the total cost is will be divided up and added to all our bills I am guessing. Maybe $100 a house?