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Originally Posted by bizaro86
I mean, this policy is stupid. But Alberta does have a different power market than most of the rest of Canada. Specifically the lack of hydro. Hydro from giant dams is a great complement to intermittent renewables because it can be turned on/off fast.
To have the same effect we need gas peaking plants.
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We should probably take back the existing Hydro assets in the province from their private holders then though, as they are currently reserving use of those power assets for higher $ time periods. We don't need new peaking plants, we just need these assets to be actually useable for the population instead of purely profit oriented.