Wind and solar are viewed, in some parts of Alberta, as the beginning of the end for the province’s oil and gas economy
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wants Canada’s electricity grid to hit net-zero emissions by 2035, which Ms. Smith and the UCP have decried as unfair to Alberta and an ideological and expensive goal. Ms. Smith, in turn, said Alberta aspires to a net-zero electricity grid by 2050.
Nathan Neudorf, Alberta’s Minister of Affordability and Utilities, in an interview with The Globe and Mail earlier this week acknowledged that the policy review could have happened without pausing approvals. None of the companies The Globe spoke with that are affected by the decision knew of the government’s plan. In multiple instances, the AUC had even asked companies for more information or had given them updates on their applications less than 24 hours before the province announced the pause.
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