Alberta Government Announces New Rules for Electricity Generators

Alberta Government Announces New Rules for Electricity Generators
Alberta's government says it is updating its electricity market rules in order to help lower consumers' utility bills. Utilities Minister Nathan Neudorf is sworn into cabinet in Edmonton, June 9, 2023. The Canadian Press/Jason Franson
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Alberta’s government is updating its electricity market rules with new temporary measures it says will help lower consumers’ utility bills.
The new measures are aimed at the practice of “economic withholding,” a strategy regularly used by power generators in Alberta’s unique-to-Canada free-market electricity system.