The changes, set to be announced Wednesday and obtained by The Globe, are the culmination of a ban on renewable approvals that lasted almost seven months
TransAlta is already the largest generator in Alberta, and the deal will give it another 1,844 megawatts of gas-fired generation in Western Canada, mainly in the Prairie province
The possible changes, laid out in a discussion paper released by Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, would be a softening of Ottawa’s plan to phase out gas-fired power plants that lack carbon-capture technology starting in 2035