Round 4: Alberta Issues Fourth Electrical Grid Alert in 4 Days, Second in 17 Hours

The Alberta Electric System Operator says it has declared a Grid Alert due to extreme cold, and several power facility outages.

A man walks in the cold trailing a steam cloud in Calgary on Jan. 12, 2024. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh

For the fourth time in as many days, and the second time in 17 hours, Canada’s most energy-rich province again found itself in an electrical crisis, short of energy.

The Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) declared its fourth “grid alert” at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 15, less than 10 hours after the end of the third alert.