Saskatchewan has a largely thermally based system. If you run it at a constant load, it's reasonably efficient. But if you run it up and down—which they have to do in order to match the load because the generation always has to be the same as the amount of load—it becomes much less efficient. Now if you had a heavy connection.... Saskatchewan has a very small tie with Alberta and Manitoba, but very little else. If one were to connect and do some sort of deal with Manitoba Hydro and allow them to operate their existing generation at a constant level and then take up any swings that occur as a result of adding solar or wind, then the whole system would run more efficiently. I have very strong beliefs that this would be a very good thing to do.
On September 27th, 2017. See this statement in context.