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How Well Do You Know Your Utility Provider?

A Closer Look at Direct Energy Many consumers don’t realize that Alberta’s electricity industry is rife with cases of job outsourcing by some of the largest players in the game. The business case for...

The Benefits of Alberta’s Deregulated Power Market

All premiers have the best interest of the province and its people at heart. Each one believes in a different way to make Alberta the best it can be, and different doesn’t necessarily mean wrong...

IPPC Report Drives Home Need to Spend Carbon Tax Dollars Wisely

IPPC Report Drives Home Need to Spend Carbon Tax Dollars Wisely 📷 The world’s most authoritative voice on climate science, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), released a report on...

Investing in Smart Meters and a Smart Electricity Grid is a Smart Use of Carbon Tax Dollars

There is a Chinese proverb “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime”. The same can be said about energy conservation. Give Albertans free...

Pre-pay Your Utility Bill and Earn Rewards

You asked, we listened! Good news! If you own a smart phone, we have a new credit card pre-payment option for you to take advantage of. Now you can earn reward points by pre-paying your utility bill...

Political Leaders Need to Work Together in 2019 to Better Alberta’s Electricity Market

A lot happened in Alberta’s electricity industry in 2018. Coal power in the province started to go offline, consumers began to see an uptick in electricity prices, a cap on the Regulated Rate Option...

The City of Calgary’s Cash Cow Needs Wrangling

Problems and Solutions: We are all in for a rough time ahead in the energy sector. If you understand the problems, the solutions may be easier to digest. Albertans are resilient, yet at the same time...

Residential Battery Storage… is this “Thee” Disruptive Technology?

As governments around the globe continue to promote solar, the next market to show strong growth in coming years will be the storage market. We asked Terry Rendflesh for his views and to share his...

a De-evolution to Distributed Generation

Orderly destruction of the utility industry status quo The North American utility industry is under extreme pressure to re-imagine how the industry will operate in the future.   The utility industry...