WHY ARE POWER PRICES SO DARN HIGH? in Alberta

[wmoebis]

Danielle Smith admitted it was UCP deregulation policy that is causing higher prices and has said that she will look at how she can hide the problem they caused. Spin it to be Trudeau's fault I'm sure.

[mustardman]

Don’t get too excited Chuck. We may pay a few pennies less for electric here in Sask but we pay a whole bunch more PST than our western friends that would more than cover the difference in electricity!

Thanks to the Moe Man whose NEVER Met a PST he dooesnt like.
I'll pay your carbon tax if you pay my pst bill on everything this incompetent premier has put it on

[Guest]

Thanks to the Moe Man whose NEVER Met a PST he dooesnt like.
I'll pay your carbon tax if you pay my pst bill on everything this incompetent premier has put it on

He is definitely getting a free ride
That pst on insurance and used cars is criminal
And was temporary, remember?

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Thanks to the Moe Man whose NEVER Met a PST he dooesnt like.
I'll pay your carbon tax if you pay my pst bill on everything this incompetent premier has put it on

If you were in charge, what taxes would you prefer to implement to pay for your socialist Utopia?

[mustardman]

If you were in charge, what taxes would you prefer to implement to pay for your socialist Utopia?

For Starters I wouldnt rely on Trickle Down Economics in Oil and Gas and Mining as far as Royalty Rates are concerned.
Alberta and Sask have some of the LOWEST ROYALTY Rate in the World ! We are even Behind Nigeria !!

[AlbertaFarmer5]

For Starters I wouldnt rely on Trickle Down Economics in Oil and Gas and Mining as far as Royalty Rates are concerned.
Alberta and Sask have some of the LOWEST ROYALTY Rate in the World ! We are even Behind Nigeria !!

That's a good start to a productive answer. So replace all taxes with higher royalties? Or is there more to the answer?

[Hamloc]

So the concentration and market mark up disappeared?

So you have a better handle on the electricity market in Alberta than the economists at the U of C? LOL

This is an excerpt from a study done by Andrew Leach and Blake Shaffer.

[Hamloc]

October power bill update.
Farm 1730 kwh. $17.34 cents per kwh. $6.89 cents kwh generation, $10.45 cents kwh for transmission and distribution + misc charges. Generation portion locked in Dec. 2022.
My acreage 730 kwh $31.55 cents per kwh. $12.79 cents kwh generation, $18.76 cents kwh for transmission and distribution + misc charges. Generation portion locked in Aug. 2023.

Transmission and distribution is a somewhat fixed charge based on the size of your transformer on the pole. It doesn’t vary much whether consumption goes up or down. Hence with farms higher consumption the cost per kwh is less.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Perhaps Alberta should follow Sweden's lead on the unreliable energy front.
They force the suppliers of unreliable energy to work on a level playing field with reliable base load power generation.
So when the wind doesn't blow, the wind power generator companies need to buy electricity from the grid to make up the shortfall.
Resulting in Bankruptcy.

Europe’s Largest Wind Farm Facing Bankruptcy



What is different about this one is that the PPA forces the wind farm to buy power on the spot market, when the wind does not provide enough:
In other words, the wind farm is obliged to pay the costs of its own intermittency. And, of course, when wind power is low, spot market prices rise.

This highlights the worthlessness of wind power, as when there is plenty of wind, the value of the product is low.

In this country it is energy consumers who have to pay the costs of intermittency, something which needs changing.

Would you be in favour of this funding model, Chuck?

[fjlip]

That's good NEWS! Good bye worthless drag on society..