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Two hydro-rich provinces are being forced to import power from other jurisdictions due to severe drought in Western Canada. Both B.C.

Two hydro-rich provinces are being forced to import power from other jurisdictions due to severe drought in Western Canada.

There's no risk of the lights going out any time soon. But scientists say climate change is making drought both more common and more severe, which means more pressure on hydroelectric producers in the years to come.

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The near miss of a blackout will no doubt be weaponized as evidence the regulations aren’t workable in Alberta

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Jonathan Wilkinson has said that assembling the clean electricity grid of the future is a “nation-building project akin to the building of the railway.” The comparison suggests both the importance of the work and the effort that will be required to complete it.

Rotating power outages were narrowly avoided during a cold snap in Alberta this weekend, but one expert says new power sources coming online this year will help ease the strain.

As Albertans woke to another day of deep cold temperatures, the provinces electric system operator had yet another grid alert in place, warning of a teetering power supply.

Following grid alerts, AESOs head thinks we’re “through the worst of it” as temperatures moderate and more power generation is available.