In Alberta you have a choice on which "retailer" you sign up with but the transmission and distribution fees are higher than the cost of the electricity. Those transmission and distribution fees flow through the retailer to the company with the monopoly in your area. We then put 3 ex-TransCanada executives on the board of the regulator and our ex-premiere is on the board of the largest distributor/transmission company. Hard to imagine the average Albertan being ignorant enough to blame renewables for our high prices but you'd be surprised!
In Alberta you have a choice on which "retailer" you sign up with but the transmission and distribution fees are higher than the cost of the electricity. Those transmission and distribution fees flow through the retailer to the company with the monopoly in your area.
We then put 3 ex-TransCanada executives on the board of the regulator and our ex-premiere is on the board of the largest distributor/transmission company. Hard to imagine the average Albertan being ignorant enough to blame renewables for our high prices but you'd be surprised!