Alberta’s Electrical Grid Was on the Brink of Rotating Outages Amid Cold Snap

Published on January 14, 2024

Because of extremely cold temperatures, Alberta’s electrical grid was in such peril of falling into rotating outages on Jan. 13 that the provincial government urged people to turn off even their bathroom fans, among other things. Turning off kitchen or bathroom ventilation fans, washers, dryers, and dishwashers, charging electric vehicles and/or plugging in block heaters, and even using a laptop instead of a desktop computer were all suggested to relieve the pressure on the grid. And beyond unplugging vehicle block heaters, the government also suggested delaying charging electric vehicles, years before the province will see the deployment of millions of electric vehicles, which the federal government intends on forcing upon Canadians by 2035....

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