{"id":17780,"date":"2016-02-14T17:38:03","date_gmt":"2016-02-14T22:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=17780"},"modified":"2016-02-14T17:38:03","modified_gmt":"2016-02-14T22:38:03","slug":"an-east-west-power-grid-canadas-elusive-national-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=17780","title":{"rendered":"An east-west power grid, Canada’s elusive national dream"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An east-west power grid, Canada’s elusive national dream<\/a><\/h3>\n

Inter-provincial strategy would help environment, but political will could be lacking<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The price tag for transmission lines can be hefty. The longer the distance, the bigger the sticker shock. (Jacques Boissinot\/Canadian Press)<\/p>\n

Constructing an east-west electricity grid in Canada is far from a novel idea. Politicians and other leaders have openly mused about the idea throughout the last decade.<\/p>\n

Sharing power between provinces\u00a0is once again on the discussion table, as B.C. Premier Christy Clark pushes the federal government to consider a national grid. The idea is being pitched as a way to combat climate change and to help Canada achieve its latest environmental goals, which are currently under development.<\/p>\n

At first blush,\u00a0an east-west power grid seems like a no-brainer. While some provinces are blessed with\u00a0an abundance of hydroelectricity, others are still burning coal to keep the lights shining, cellphones\u00a0charging\u00a0and coffee makers gurgling.<\/p>\n

The east-west grid is again a discussion point in the country, largely as a solution to combat climate change and as a way to help Canada achieve its latest environmental goals, which are currently under development.<\/p>\n

B.C. Premier Christy Clark is pushing the federal government to consider a national grid. She will host a meeting with\u00a0environmental ministers from across the country in early March to figure out how Canada can reach the commitments it made at the UN climate conference in Paris.<\/p>\n

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British Columbia Premier Christy Clark is asking the federal government to help build new electrical infrastructure that would allow B.C. to sell hydro to Alberta. (Darryl Dyck\/Canadian Press)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Clark is\u00a0asking for help from the federal government to build new electrical infrastructure\u00a0that would allow B.C. to sell hydro to Alberta, which is in the midst of a massive shift away from coal-fired energy.<\/p>\n

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An east-west power grid, Canada’s elusive national dream Inter-provincial strategy would help environment, but political will could be lacking The price tag for transmission lines can be hefty. The longer the distance, the bigger the sticker shock. (Jacques Boissinot\/Canadian Press) Constructing an east-west electricity grid in Canada is far from a novel idea. Politicians and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[103,3000,12385,5222,12384],"class_list":["post-17780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy-2","tag-canada","tag-cbc-news","tag-east-west-grid","tag-electrical-grid","tag-kyle-bakx"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17780"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17781,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17780\/revisions\/17781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}