Alberta to Invoke Sovereignty Act Against Feds’ Clean Electricity Regulations

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has confirmed she will invoke the province’s Sovereignty Act on Nov. 27 to protect its power companies from Ottawa’s Clean Electricity Regulations (CER). Speaking at a morning radio show on Nov. 25, Ms, Smith said the federal plan to impose achievement of a net-zero electricity system by 2035 is not only “unachievable” but also risks wrecking her province’s power grid. “We will not put our operators at risk of going to jail if they do not achieve the unachievable,” said Ms. Smith in an interview aired on the “Your Province. Your Premier” program on 630 CHED and 770 CHQR....