Can Alberta’s grid keep up with the coming wave of data centres?

Elias Soto, electricity market forecaster with Similan Consulting, speculates what Alberta’s data centre boom could mean for power bills. He explains why adding massive new demand could push prices higher in the short term—even as new generation eventually brings more supply onto the grid. Soto also walks through why Alberta households can pay more than people in hydro provinces despite cheap natural gas, and what transmission, fixed-rate contracts, and government policy could do to soften the impact.

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