• May 14, 2014 •
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Posted in Alberta Utilities Commission, ATCO, Electricity Costs, Environmental Impacts
Tags: Alberta P.C. Government, Alberta Utilities Commission, ATCO, bird deaths, Eastern Alberta Transmission Line, environmental impacts, Heartland Transmission Project, high electricity costs, Nancy Southern, negative power line impacts, Western Alberta Transmission Line
• April 18, 2014 •
Comments Off on Albertans to Pay Even More for Power During Upcoming “Price Spike”
Posted in Alberta Electric System Operator, AltaLink, Brian Mason, Electricity Costs, Raj Sherman, Western Alberta Transmission Line
Tags: Alberta Electric System Operator, Alberta Utilities Consumer Advocate, AltaLink, Brian Mason, high electricity costs, Joe Anglin, Raj Sherman, Western Alberta Transmission Line
• December 13, 2013 •
Comments Off on Why Do Overhead Power Lines Cost So Much in Alberta?
Posted in Alberta Utilities Commission, AltaLink, Electricity Costs, Heartland Transmission Project, SNC-Lavalin, Western Alberta Transmission Line
Tags: Alberta Utilities Commission, AltaLink, bury power lines, Heartland Transmission Project, high electricity costs, Industrial Power Consumers Association of Alberta, Joe Anglin, SNC-Lavalin, Western Alberta Transmission Line
• December 13, 2013 •
Comments Off on Alberta’s Power Bills Among Highest in Canada and North America
Posted in Alberta Liberal Party, Alberta NDP, Alberta P.C. Party, Alberta Wildrose Party, AltaLink, Electricity Costs
Tags: Alberta Liberal Party, Alberta NDP, Alberta PC Party, Alberta Wildrose Party, AltaLink, high electricity costs, Joe Anglin
• October 16, 2013 •
Comments Off on Costs of New High Voltage Power Lines in Alberta Skyrocket
Posted in AltaLink, ATCO Electric, Bill 50, Eastern Alberta Transmission Line, Electricity Costs, Electricity: Export, Western Alberta Transmission Line, WikiLeaks
Tags: AltaLink, ATCO Electric, Bill 50, Eastern Alberta Transmission Line, electricity export, high electricity costs, Western Alberta Transmission Line
• July 29, 2013 •
Comments Off on Costs of Overhead Transmission Lines in Alberta
Posted in Alberta Direct Connect, Alberta Electric System Operator, Alberta Food Processors Assoc, Alberta Government, AltaLink, ATCO Electric, Bill 50, Colchester Elementary School, Electricity Costs, Heartland Transmission Project, Industrial Power Consumer's Assoc AB, SNC-Lavalin
Tags: AltaLink, high electricity costs, SNC-Lavalin
• October 19, 2012 •
Comments Off on Energy Minister Won’t Release Electricity Report
Posted in Alberta Liberal Party, Electricity Costs, Electricity: Deregulation, Ken Hughes, Kent Hehr, Retail Market Review Committee
Tags: Alberta Liberal Party, electricity deregulation, high electricity costs, Ken Hughes, Kent Hehr, Parkland Institute, Retail Market Review Committee
• October 15, 2012 •
Comments Off on Alberta Power Prices Among Highest in Country
Posted in AltaLink, ATCO Electric, Electricity Costs, EPCOR, Industrial Power Consumer's Assoc AB
Tags: AltaLink, ATCO Electric, EPCOR, high electricity costs, Industrial Power Consumers Association of Alberta, Sheldon Fulton
• September 27, 2012 •
Comments Off on Western Alberta Transmission Line Not Needed
Posted in Alberta Government, Alberta P.C. Party, Alberta Utilities Commission, Alberta Wildrose Party, AltaLink, Electricity Costs, Industrial Power Consumer's Assoc AB, Ken Wall, Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre, Western Alberta Transmission Line
Tags: Alberta Government, Alberta PC Party, Alberta Utilities Commission, Alberta Wildrose Party, AltaLink, high electricity costs, Industrial Power Consumers Association of Alberta, Joe Anglin, Ken Wall, Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre, Western Alberta Transmission Line
• July 14, 2012 •
Comments Off on Alberta’s Electricity Deregulation a Colossal Failure
Posted in Alberta Electric System Operator, Alberta Government, Alberta P.C. Party, ATCO, Electricity Costs, Electricity: Deregulation, Electricity: Generation, EPCOR, Power outages, SaskPower
Tags: Alberta Electric System Operator, Alberta Government, Alberta PC Party, ATCO, electricity deregulation, electricity generation, EPCOR, high electricity costs, rolling blackouts, SaskPower
• July 12, 2012 •
Comments Off on Opposition to AltaLink Power Lines Grows
Posted in Aesthetic Impacts, Alberta Electric System Operator, Alberta Utilities Commission, AltaLink, Anne Stevick, Chinook Area Land Users Association, Electricity Costs, Goose Lake to Etzikom Coulee Transmission Project, Pia Blum, Property Value Impacts, Public Consultation, Visual Impacts
Tags: Alberta Electric System Operator, Alberta Utilities Commission, AltaLink, Anne Stevick, Chinook Area Land Users Association, Goose Lake to Etzikom Coulee Transmission Project, high electricity costs, Pia Blum, power line aesthetic impacts, power line property value impacts, power line visual impacts, public consultation, Twin Butte
• July 12, 2012 •
Comments Off on Why Were Blackouts Kept Secret?
Posted in Alberta Electric System Operator, Alberta Government, Alberta P.C. Party, Alberta Wildrose Party, Alison Redford, Electricity Costs, Electricity: Coal-fired, Electricity: Gas-fired, Enmax, EPCOR, Power outages, Stephen Mandel
Tags: Alberta Electric System Operator, Alberta Government, Alberta PC Party, Alberta Wildrose Party, Alison Redford, blackouts, Coal-fired electricity, electricity price manipulation, ENMAX, EPCOR, greenhouse gases, high electricity costs, Joe Anglin, Mayor Stephen Mandel, natural gas-fired electricity, power outages
• July 10, 2012 •
Comments Off on More on AESO-Ordered Blackouts Throughout Alberta
Posted in Alberta Electric System Operator, Alberta Government, Alberta NDP, Alberta P.C. Party, Alberta Wildrose Party, David Eggen, Electricity Costs, Electricity: Deregulation, Electricity: Generation, EPCOR, Industrial Power Consumer's Assoc AB, Market Surveillance Administrator, Power outages, Rick Cowburn, TransAlta
Tags: Alberta Electric System Operator, Alberta Government, Alberta NDP, Alberta PC Party, Alberta Wildrose Party, blackouts, David Eggen, electricity deregulation, electricity generation, electricity price manipulation, EPCOR, high electricity costs, Industrial Power Consumers Association of Alberta, Joe Anglin, Market Surveillance Administrator, power outages, Rick Cowburn, Transalta, TransAlta fined
• July 9, 2012 •
Comments Off on Gold-Plating the Power Grid
Posted in Alberta Electric System Operator, Australian Energy Market Operator, bury power lines, Burying High Voltage Lines, Electricity Costs, Manning Alliance, Powerlink Queensland, Public Consultation, TransGrid, underground power lines
Tags: Alberta Electric System Operator, Australian Energy Market Operator, Bury high voltage lines, bury power lines, high electricity costs, Manning Alliance, negative power line impacts, overbuilding power lines, Powerlink Queensland, public consultation, TransGrid, underground power lines
• July 4, 2012 •
Comments Off on Concerns about Alberta’s Power Price Review
Posted in Alison Redford, Consumers' Coalition of Alberta, Electricity Costs, Electricity: Deregulation, Electricity: Generation, EPCOR, Retail Market Review Committee, Rick Cowburn, Wendy Armstrong
Tags: Alison Redford, Consumers' Coalition of Alberta, electricity deregulation, electricity generation, EPCOR, high electricity costs, Retail Market Review Committee, Rick Cowburn, Wendy Armstrong
• June 12, 2012 •
Comments Off on AUC Power Line Hearing May Be Postponed
Posted in Alberta Utilities Commission, AltaLink, Bill 19, Bill 50, bury power lines, Burying High Voltage Lines, Court of Appeal, Electricity Costs, Electricity: Deregulation, Electricity: Export, Environmental Impacts, EPCOR, Heartland Transmission Project, Property Rights, SNC-Lavalin, underground power lines, Visual Impacts, Western Alberta Transmission Line
Tags: Alberta Court of Appeal, Alberta Utilities Commission, Alison Redford political interference, AltaLink, Bill 19, Bill 50, Bury high voltage lines, bury power lines, constitutional challenge, electricity deregulation, electricity export, environmental impact assessment, EPCOR, Heartland Transmission Project, high electricity costs, power line environmental impacts, power line visual impacts, private property rights, public interest, SNC-Lavalin, underground power lines, Western Alberta Transmission Line
• April 28, 2012 •
Comments Off on Why Support Coal-Fired Power Generation?
Posted in Aesthetic Impacts, Agricultural Impacts, Alberta Government, Alberta P.C. Party, Bill 50, Capital Power, Carbon capture project, Carbon emissions, Eastern Alberta Transmission Line, Electricity Costs, Electricity: Coal-fired, Electricity: Gas-fired, Electricity: Generation, Enbridge Inc., Enmax, Environmental Impacts, Health Impacts, Heartland Transmission Project, Property Value Impacts, Safety Impacts, Shepard Energy Centre, Tourism Impacts, TransAlta, Western Alberta Transmission Line
Tags: Alberta Government, Alberta PC Party, Bill 50, Capital Power, Carbon capture project, carbon emissions, Coal-fired electricity, Eastern Alberta Transmission Line, Enbridge Inc., ENMAX, Heartland Transmission Project, high electricity costs, natural gas-fired electricity, negative power line impacts, power line agriculture impacts, power line environmental impacts, power line health impacts, power line property value impacts, power line safety impacts, power line tourism impacts, power line visual impacts, Shepard Energy Centre, Transalta, Western Alberta Transmission Line
• April 27, 2012 •
Comments Off on Unnecessary New Power Lines Add to AltaLink Profits
Posted in Alberta Government, Alberta P.C. Party, AltaLink, Bill 50, Electricity Costs, Heartland Transmission Project, SNC-Lavalin, Western Alberta Transmission Line
Tags: Alberta Government, Alberta PC Party, Alberta PC Party rewarding business, AltaLink, AltaLink political donations, AltaLink profits, Bill 50, Heartland Transmission Project, high electricity costs, Making Money by Making Friends: SNC-Lavalin/AltaLink, SNC-Lavalin, SNC-Lavalin political donations, Western Alberta Transmission Line
• March 21, 2012 •
Comments Off on Alberta Farmers Angry Over High Power Costs
Posted in Alberta Government, Alberta P.C. Party, Alison Redford, Electricity Costs, Electricity: Deregulation, Ted Morton
Tags: Alberta Government, Alberta PC Party, Alberta provincial election, Alison Redford, electricity deregulation, high electricity costs, Ted Morton
• March 20, 2012 •
Comments Off on Power Exports Reason for Power Line Overbuild
Posted in Alberta Government, Alberta NDP, Alberta P.C. Party, Brian Mason, Capital Power, Direct Energy, Electricity: Export
Tags: Alberta Government, Alberta NDP, Alberta PC Party, Brian Mason, Capital Power, Direct Energy, electricity export, high electricity costs
• February 18, 2012 •
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Posted in Alberta Government, Alberta P.C. Party, Alison Redford, Electricity Costs, Heartland Transmission Project, Industrial Power Consumer's Assoc AB, Vittoria Bellissimo
Tags: Alberta Government, Alberta PC Party, Alison Redford, Heartland Transmission Project, high electricity costs, Industrial Power Consumers Association of Alberta, Vittoria Bellissimo
• January 29, 2012 •
Comments Off on Want to Encourage Upgrading? Why not Lower Transmission Costs!
Posted in Alberta Government, Alison Redford, Heartland Transmission Project, Tar Sands Upgrader, Ted Morton
Tags: Alberta Government, Alison Redford, Heartland Transmission Project, high electricity costs, tar sands upgrading, Ted Morton
• January 18, 2012 •
Comments Off on Two New Power Lines Not Needed
Posted in Alberta Electric System Operator, Alberta Government, Alberta P.C. Party, AltaLink, ATCO Electric, Critical Transmission Review Committee, Electricity Costs, Electricity: Export
Tags: Alberta Electric System Operator, Alberta Government, Alberta PC Party, AltaLink, ATCO Electric, Critical Transmission Review Committee, electricity export, high electricity costs
• December 30, 2011 •
Comments Off on RETA files appeal of AUC Decision on Heartland Transmission Project
Posted in Alberta Utilities Commission, AltaLink, bury power lines, Burying High Voltage Lines, Colchester Elementary School, Edmonton (City of), Electricity Costs, Electromagnetic Fields, Heartland Transmission Project, Strathcona County, Sturgeon County, underground power lines
Tags: Alberta Utilities Commission, AltaLink, Bury high voltage lines, bury power lines, City of Edmonton, Colchester Elementary School, Colchester School closing, Heartland Transmission Project, high electricity costs, power line electromagnetic fields, Sherwood Park, Strathcona County, Sturgeon County, underground power lines
• August 11, 2011 •
Comments Off on Heartland Line Overbuild Says Ex-EPCOR VP
Posted in Alberta Electric System Operator, Alberta Utilities Commission, AltaLink, Electricity Costs, Electricity: Co-generation, Electricity: Coal-fired, Electricity: Deregulation, EPCOR, Heartland Transmission Project, Rick Cowburn, Tar Sands Upgrader
Tags: Alberta Electric System Operator, Alberta Utilities Commission, Alberta's Industrial Heartland, AltaLink, Coal-fired electricity, electricity cogeneration, electricity deregulation, EPCOR, Heartland power line overbuild, Heartland Transmission Project, high electricity costs, Rick Cowburn, tar sands upgrader
• May 13, 2011 •
Comments Off on AUC Heartland Hearing – Day 23
Posted in Alberta Electric System Operator, Alberta Food Processors Assoc, Alberta Government, Alberta Utilities Commission, AltaLink, Bill 50, bury power lines, Burying High Voltage Lines, Colchester Elementary School, Electricity Costs, Health Impacts, Heartland Transmission Project, Industrial Power Consumer's Assoc AB, Proximity, Radio Interference, SNC-Lavalin, Socio-economic Impacts, Sturgeon County, underground power lines
Tags: Alberta Electric System Operator, Alberta Food Processors Association, Alberta Government, Alberta Utilities Commission, AltaLink, AUC Heartland hearing proceedings, Bill 50, Bury high voltage lines, bury power lines, Colchester Elementary School, Colchester School closing, Department of National Defence, Heartland Transmission Project, high electricity costs, Industrial Power Consumers Association of Alberta, power line health impacts, power line radio interference, power line socio-economic impacts, SNC-Lavalin, Strathcona County, Sturgeon County, underground power lines
• December 23, 2010 •
Comments Off on Leaked Letter from Premier’s Inner Circle
Posted in Alberta Direct Connect, Alberta Electric System Operator, Alberta Energy, Alberta Government, Alberta P.C. Party, Ed Stelmach, Electricity Costs, Industrial Power Consumer's Assoc AB
Tags: Alberta Direct Connect, Alberta Electric System Operator, Alberta Energy, Alberta Government, Alberta PC Party, Ed Stelmach, high electricity costs, Industrial Power Consumers Association of Alberta
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