The School of Public Policy Publications (Sep 2019)
THE ROLE OF STORAGE IN ALBERTA’S ELECTRICITY MARKET: SUMMARY OF A SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY ROUNDTABLE EVENT
Abstract
Alberta’s electricity market is in transition. Coal, the long-dominant source of supply, is set to retire or be phased out by 2030. A combination of climate policies and rapidly declining renewable energy costs is changing Alberta’s electricity generation mix to one that will contain a larger share of renewable energy