Power Without Borders

We recommend that the Western provinces pursue A more integrated grid increases the value proposition a more integrated grid as a key tool to produce the of clean electricity by enabling areas with substantial abundant, reliable, affordable clean energy needed and low-cost clean electricity resources to access for their energy future. [...] A more integrated grid – particularly in the West where most of Canada’s existing electricity A more integrated grid in Western Canada can also: emissions are created and some provinces have abundant and complementary clean electricity >. Make it easier to manage large amounts of resources – can help achieve Canada’s energy future variable renewables like wind and solar on the at the lowest cost. [...] With access to more less the electricity costs and the costlier the electricity markets, these low-cost options can displace costlier it replaces, the more valuable it becomes. [...] In Saskatchewan, for example, the Cumberland House Cree Nation is asking for the reexamination of impacts Yet the best information we have today points towards resulting from the operation of the E. B. Campbell dam, a more integrated grid being a key, but not the sole which is located roughly 100 kilometres upstream component of the most cost-effective path towards from their community.32 Provinci [...] The aspects of the electric system that For these reasons, unlocking the benefits of a are centrally planned and co-ordinated consider more integrated Western grid must address three and incorporate interprovincial solutions.