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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
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
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I think in theory it could work, but the Ab government would get sued a la NDP/PPA agreement cancellation if they tried to do it. Electricity deregulation in Ab has been a boondoggle from day 1, so to try and undo it would be a nightmare. You would be telling Enmax/Epcor that they can't rip people off anymore, and their biggest shareholders (the city) wouldn't like that drop in revenue.
It's a shame though. With a combination of BC Hydro, Ab wind and solar with the odd nat gas turbine plant thrown in to cover peak loads, I think it would work. The bureaucracy would be a disaster to make it happen IMO.