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Originally Posted by Tron_fdc
That would have to be regulated, which in a deregulated system would not be easy.
Last time BC stuck their fingers into the Ab system, BC Hydro was buying cheap power from Alberta at night, filling their dams, then opening their dams during the day and selling power back into Ab when prices spiked. IIRC (this was in 2002) it cost Albertans almost a billion dollars.
IMO you would need a regulated system between BC and Alberta, and it's REALLY complicated trying to marry up a deregulated system with a government owned and regulated one. I don't know how (or if) it would work.
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Agreed that there's financial and legal/political obstacles, but as far as power system planning, it would work imo. There'd need to be some economists and lawyers involved. Luckily for both provinces there's no shortage of qualified people to solve this