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Originally Posted by Whynotnow
Well she is claiming that the act will mean criminal charges for executives who have unabated gas plants in 2035. There seems to be no evidence I can find to back that up and the feds denied it.
Flaws in the CER aside, she completely discredits herself with claims like this which are of course just reposted without any backtracking,
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The draft regulations also refer to an updated Canadian Environmental Protection Act, specifically the Regulations Designating Regulatory Provisions for the Purposes of Enforcement. It refers specifically to increased fines and jail time for non compliance.
I'm a huge clean electricity guy as anyone who's checked my posting history can see, but these regulations are going to make expensive electricity in Alberta. Firstly, ccus is very expensive to begin with as it's still an emerging technology, and secondly, even if produced at scale I'm not sure it can do what the regulations will require (ie. 30 t/GWh). The ccus itself uses almost 30% of the power it scrubs the CO2 from! Peaker plants can be unabated but they can only work 450 hours per year which is probably not enough to a) support the grid, or b) be profitable.
Unless affordable 16 hour+ storage becomes widely available soon (which it will eventually, but when?), Gas will have to be the back up power. With higher carbon taxes other provinces that can move away from gas will, so I'm not sure it needs to be regulated so tightly.