EDMONTON – Edmonton residents can expect sewer and garbage fees to rise $60 in 2014 and keep going up at the same rate for the following two years, new reports say.
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Peavey Mart installing electric vehicle charging stations at Alberta outlets
EDMONTON – Customers of Peavey Mart are getting a charge out of the Red Deer-based hardware and farm supplies retailer now that it is installing electric vehicle power stations at all of its stores.
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Coal Has Regained A Big Lead As America’s Top Source Of Electricity
Back in 2011 and 2012, natural gas was rapidly rising as a source of electricity in the U.S., displacing coal. In April 2012, the two sources were tied, each supply 32% of the America’s energy.
But environmentalists will be disappointed to hear that coal is now back to providing 40% of the nation’s electricity output, more than all other power sources.
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Staples: Let’s save Rossdale Power Plant by letting it crumble
EDMONTON – Every now and then someone in Edmonton has a brilliant idea, which brings me to Martin Kennedy, chairman of the Edmonton Historical Board.
Kennedy has a game-changing concept about what to do with the crumbling Rossdale Power Plant.
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TransAlta official rejects calls for accelerated phase-out of coal plants
EDMONTON – An official at one of Alberta’s biggest electricity companies agrees the province needs to invest more in renewable energy — but takes issue with other assertions in a report that focuses on the health impact and climate costs of coal-fired generating plants.
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Lower power prices and help for charities — the Sponsor Energy deal hits Edmonton
EDMONTON – Could a new win-win plan where electricity customers pay less for their power while giving local charities a boost sweep through the Alberta marketplace?
Carolyn Martin, head of fledgling retailer Sponsor Energy, thinks at the very least her firm will change the way people view their power bills.
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Genalta Power to convert gas to electricity
CALGARY — Genalta Power Inc. announced Tuesday it is building a power generating facility that will convert gas from Shell Canada’s bitumen cold production into electricity.
The facility, which is part of a 10-year agreement between Genalta Power and Shell Canada, will have the capacity to generate up to four megawatts of power, the equivalent of enough to power 4,800 homes.
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Province moves to make power bills less volatile
EDMONTON — The Alberta government moved today to reduce the volatility of retail power prices and bolster consumer advocacy as Energy Minister Ken Hughes released a long overdue report on the province’s deregulated retail electricity market.
Hughes, who received a 391-page expert report called Power for the People last September, announced his government is lengthening the period over which electricity is purchased for Alberta consumers on the default rate.
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New utility charges start
Red Deer residents now have more control over their utility bills.
The city has taken the first steps to switch from a fixed usage fee to a consumption-based model, where customers will pay only for what they use.
The city is making the changes over five years to mitigate rate shock.
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Electricity fee hikes expected for Albertans in 2013
Albertans are likely to face a spike in their electricity bills in the new year as a result of a backlog of costs that have built up during a nine-month price freeze ordered by Premier Alison Redford last February.
Neither the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) nor Alberta utilities contacted by the Calgary Herald could estimate the amount of costs backed up in the system, but consumer advocates say the figure could be in the millions.
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