"But where Alberta’s logic breaks down is in its repeated failure to upgrade its grid to safely handle the B.C. inter-tie, she said.

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"But where Alberta’s logic breaks down is in its repeated failure to upgrade its grid to safely handle the B.C. inter-tie, she said.

'The fact they haven’t, that’s political,' McPherson added. 'That’s insane.'

This situation — where Alberta benefits from the intertie as a contingency while not paying for its full value were it in a regulated market — has profoundly frustrated the B.C. government."

May 9, 2025. Just a little inoculation against some revisionist narratives I see popping up... #abpoli

BC helped Alberta avoid blackouts—and the system nearly broke
https://www.biv.com/news/resources-agriculture/failed-bc-alberta-transmission-line-holds-lessons-for-a-national-grid-10725383