Electricity in Alberta today

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Saskatchewan electricity rates are almost the highest of all provinces in Canada, maybe chunks considers this pretty cheep but I’ll have to disagree.

Cheap is not the goal, success is apparently measured by how prohibitively costly it is.

[chuckChuck]

Saskatchewan electricity rates are almost the highest of all provinces in Canada, maybe chunks considers this pretty cheep but I’ll have to disagree.

The high rates must be because Moe and Wall are radical left wingers!

[GDR]

There are 3 levels of power supply emergency in Alberta. They hit level 2 yesterday. What this tells me is that it's fine to add renewables, but the decommisioning of any existing generation capacity, coal or otherwise is just plain foolish. Lives and lively hoods are both on the line.

[Patches]

I totally agree with chuckChuck! If you really want to be objective and see the total of produced electricity, you have to take the whole year into consideration not only one day or something like that. Right now, I have stopped generation electricity from the wind, as it is not that efficient as many people think it is. I am only using it for my business, as due to it, I receive a great tax return from the government. Actually, it was not me the one who brought this idea, it was my son, so I told him to do it all by himself. At last, I signed the Letter of Authority, and he actually made it, though I was really skeptical about it. I did not even know that he can elaborate such a letter, however it proves that he read a great article about those letters on https://www.simplyswitch.com/energy/guides/what-is-a-letter-of-authority/ simplyswitch.com , on purpose, so he knew that I would agree .

[furrowtickler]

Sure is interesting to see several old threads being pulled up from the past by new members and or members who have been dormant for a long time .
Several of them now the past few days .

[Herc]

Sure is interesting to see several old threads being pulled up from the past by new members and or members who have been dormant for a long time .
Several of them now the past few days .

You mean you don’t have 2 or 3 logins so you can agree with yourself?

[ALBERTAFARMER4]

I totally agree with chuckChuck! If you really want to be objective and see the total of produced electricity, you have to take the whole year into consideration not only one day or something like that.

Solar output should be checked on December 21st and multiplied by 365.

[furrowtickler]

You mean you don’t have 2 or 3 logins so you can agree with yourself?

Bahahaha..... ya it’s so obvious with some here now

[Sheepwheat]

Bahahaha..... ya it’s so obvious with some here now

Ugh. I just LOVE everything sheepwheat ever says, like EVER! LOL!!!!!!

Whoops, wrong login. ugh

[shtferbrains]

Solar output should be checked on December 21st and multiplied by 365.

Or you can check the capacity factor for the year or last 5 years on the western interconnect and use that.
What's your research tell you that is?

[chuckChuck]

As various provinces are hitting record peak summer electricity demand because of the heatwave, solar is providing some of the supply. It is well matched to AC demand and is adding to the total available supply.

By late afternoon if your house has been cooled all day by AC running on solar, the AC can be turned off and windows opened as the evening cools down. if you have a large heat/cool sink built into your house design then that will continue to keep the house cooler.

[ALBERTAFARMER4]

Or you can check the capacity factor for the year or last 5 years on the western interconnect and use that.
What's your research tell you that is?

I like to use this one...

https://www.dispatcho.app/assets/solar https://www.dispatcho.app/assets/solar

Shows the total generated for 24h, 7 day, 1 month, etc with a nice graph as well. The AESO one is trash because it just shows an instantaneous value.