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Green energy supply contracts signed by the Alberta New Democrat government are operating in the black, according to a new paper from the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy. The Renewable Energy Program awarded three rounds of power supply contracts at set prices to wind power developers beginning in 2017. Three projects in the first round have been in operation for about 18 months – including the Whitla Wind Farm near Bow Island – and researchers estimate those put power on the grid below the floating market price. The discount could be $2 million per year in the province�...

Site C’s overruns are typical for dam megaprojects A root cause of cost overruns for the Site C dam and other hydro megaprojects is political “bias” and “optimism,” a report suggests . | BC Hydro Premier John Horgan assumed the demeanour of a physician delivering bad news to a patient when he revealed the findings of Peter Milburn’s review of the Site C dam project. Horgan announced February 26 that the government will finish building the hydroelectric megaproject, despite new estimates that now put the cost of completing the project at $16 billion. The capital cost of the dam had...

Here’s what’s joining Planet Fitness and Five Below at Hershey Square Updated Mar 09, 2021; Facebook Share Another new tenant is on the way for the Hershey Square shopping center. Sally Beauty is expected to open in May in the former GNC space at Hershey Square, according to Jason Lazar of Heidenberg Properties, the owner of the shopping center. The store sells a variety of hair and beauty items as well as nail products. There are 19 Sally Beauty stores within a 50 miles radius of Harrisburg, according to the company website. The new store in Derry Township has 1,750 square feet of retai...

Two things happened at the same time in Texas, a state that doesn't often have to deal with severe winter weather.

What happened in Texas this week? Who's to blame? And what lessons can Alberta take from this event?