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Originally Posted by Tron_fdc
Absolutely.
If the government says "hey let's build the infrastructure to carry the renewable gen capacity to market" guess who is going to pay? Taxpayers.
So yeah, we have to potential (as taxpayers) to be on the hook for:
- Line infrastructure upgrades
- capacity subsidies (NDP will subsidize renewables when they aren't generating, which is more than 50% of the time)
- price spikes in the market (who knows what those may be)
- PPE contract cancellation penalties
What am I missing?
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With Alberta having limited ties to other grids, there's would also be an increased risk of a Alberta-wide blackout if too little dispatchable electricity generation is kept. Like what happened in South Australia recently when several wind farms stopped generating without warning.