So it turns out Alberta often gives away power for free when there’s lots of wind, and pays through the nose when there’s no wind. Unfortunately for the last year the only intertie connecting Alberta and Saskatchewan grids has been down. In the coming days it should be back, and Saskatchewan will again have the opportunity to make bank off Alberta’s interesting buy high, sell low strategy.
“interesting buy high, sell low strategy” is an unavoidable consequence of excessive dependence on the UnReliables.
Unavoidable when politicians make monetary decisions, always.
Wind and solar never made sense on a large scale from day one.