Rotating Outages in Alberta Caused by ‘Combination of Many Things,’ Regulator Says

Published on April 6, 2024

Residents in Alberta experienced rotating outages after a second electrical grid alert was issued this week, according to the Alberta Electric System Operator. The organization said a grid alert due to a shortage of electricity supply on April 5 resulted in rotating outages around the province. “The AESO has declared a Grid Alert as of 6:49 a.m. due to tight supply. Generation is slowly coming online, and we expect conditions to return to normal by 10:00 a.m.,” said an April 5 post on X, formerly Twitter. An alert was also declared on the evening of April 3, Marie-France Samaroden, vice president of Grid Reliability–Operations at AESO, said during a media conference on April 5....

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