{"id":289175,"date":"2023-11-29T12:33:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T11:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=289175"},"modified":"2023-11-29T12:33:48","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T11:33:48","slug":"canadian-green-electricity-push-blocked-by-alberta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=289175","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Green Electricity Push Blocked by Alberta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alberta has invoked the Sovereignty Act<\/a> to set limits on the exercise of federal power. But the federal government claims there is no legal basis for their actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alberta invokes Sovereignty Act over federal clean electricity regulations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Premier Danielle Smith believes net-zero electricity grid by 2035 is risky and costly<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michelle Bellefontaine<\/a> \u00b7 CBC News \u00b7 Posted: Nov 27, 2023 5:22 PM EST <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alberta\u2019s United Conservative government has invoked its controversial Sovereignty Act for the first time by introducing a resolution to push back against the federal government\u2019s proposed Clean Electricity Regulations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The resolution, tabled in the Alberta legislature Monday, instructs governments and provincial entities such as the Alberta Electric System Operator and the Alberta Utilities Commission to ignore the regulations when they come into force \u201cto the extent legally permissable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The resolution also raises the possibility of Alberta setting up a Crown corporation to protect the private sector companies that provide electricity in the province. If passed, the resolution would direct AESO, AUC and the Market Surveillance Administrator to consult with stakeholders on the feasibility of such a corporation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Steven Guilbeault, the federal minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada, said the potential use of the Sovereignty Act never came up in months of meetings between federal and provincial officials as part of a working group on the CER and the oil and gas emissions cap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThere is no legal basis for what Alberta is doing ,\u201d Guilbeault told reporters on Parliament Hill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Read more: https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/edmonton\/sovereingty-act-clean-electricity-regulations-1.7041533<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

A video of the Premier announcing the invocation of the Sovereignty Act, and her reasons for doing so. Well worth watching \u2013 Alberta is lucky to have a straight speaking premier like Danielle Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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