To improve the grid, Alberta could:
1️⃣Expand our intertie capacity to B.C. (and other neighbours like Saskatchewan)
2️⃣ Implement demand side resources!!

🌍🌏📅 These are steps that many other place have proven will work and improve the reliability and affordability of electricity year-round.

TL;DR – the AESO's current outlook is that they've got it covered w/ Friday expected to be the toughest. Usually in cold snaps, we see ⬇️ flexibility in AB that is vulnerable to sudden, unexpected outages that are more likely to occur, notably in Jan. 2024 with two gas plants.

Here’s a breakdown of the total with other key sectors.

If this data is of interest, I'll try to clean up my charts and publish it.

The former holds ~2% growth y-o-y while the latter's boom-bust rollercoaster is obvious. 🎢

A great article! I just saw a mouse at a very popular downtown pub recently and was wondering how common it was.

I'd be happy if we can figure fusion out, but I'd be happier to get more solar panels installed first!

Totally agree! E-Bikes are game changers. My favourite part is that they're not just for urban centres, but rural folks too. I've met people lauding them for helping get around their farm and into towns while saving gas.

📻 In the meantime, this @volts.wtf episode is worth a listen: "What if I can save money not just for an individual customer, but we can actually reduce the cost of ... the distribution grid? ... the average utilization rate of the US distribution system is around 42%." www.volts.wtf/p/the-cooles...

💡 The latter point is the fault of myself and my colleagues, not of @maxfawcett.bsky.social. The electricity system is frustratingly difficult to understand even for those of us who spend all our time thinking about it. We're struggling to explain what a "modernized" electricity grid looks like.

Janetta is so right. Today's announcement is so disappointing to see as an Albertan. There are tens of billions of dollars that wind, solar, battery storage, and grid modernization companies are very happy to bring to Alberta. But they're met with barriers, not open arms.