Natural Resources committee  Yes.

Natural Resources committee  Is it business as usual in Alberta? Maybe this is the new world in Alberta.

Natural Resources committee  Yes. I think it's quite challenging in Alberta. It's a very dynamic time we live in, and there is a lot of uncertainty. I won't speak for Brian, but I'm sure he shares the view that as we move through a number of these transitions, and we move to capacity market, there are a lot

Natural Resources committee  We would say that losses in the transmission system are not a tremendous concern for us. I think there are larger losses in the conversion of energy at the customer's place, at the use of that energy, when they convert it to other uses. That's not to say that we shouldn't do ev

Natural Resources committee  No, I don't believe there are large hidden costs, and I don't believe that even the discussion on DC and converter stations are actually hidden costs. I believe they are quite obvious when you price out and get capital cost estimates. The basic design principles will set forth a

Natural Resources committee  Yes, that's correct.

Natural Resources committee  I'll try. The vast majority of transmission and distribution systems in the world today are alternating current. Aside from the history lesson, part of the reason that's done is that you can use transformers to transform voltage relatively effectively, efficiently, and cost effec

Natural Resources committee  We didn't get here by accident. If you look at the traditional build-out of electricity systems in Canada, you see that there is a long history, and it has much to do with what we could call “ownership models”. British Columbia is a crown corporation. Saskatchewan is a crown corp

Natural Resources committee  I think that, if it's done right, the end result should be cheaper electricity for consumers. I think it's going to take increased collaboration to enable interties, as opposed to interties creating increased collaboration. I see it the other way. If we can't get good agreement a

Natural Resources committee  They are part of the resilient solution. Where they don't exist in individual jurisdictions, we've simply built more generation. There are a couple of ways to solve the equation. We solved it by what I refer to as overbuilding or by building excess generation in each jurisdiction

Natural Resources committee  I would try to think about this in a staged way, because while there could well be a vision of a pan-Canadian transmission network, I think the practical side would be to think about it in a staged manner. There is a great opportunity to support the north and build a relatively s

Natural Resources committee  The very high-level work we've done didn't attempt to quantify what additional generation could be developed in Canada or exported into the U.S. I think there is a great opportunity there, but we have not done that analysis. We've been focused on the coal transition and the build

Natural Resources committee  I think it's quite a complex.... It comes back to the market frameworks and Brian's comment about unintended consequences. I think we are all quite keen to see that additional interties do not simply become wealth transfer between provinces and that we don't somehow disadvantage

Natural Resources committee  I think from a pure infrastructure perspective, it's very doable. Building transmission lines east and west, in theory, is no more complex than building them north and south. You have to go through a landowner process. You need to think about partnerships. From a technical and in

Natural Resources committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I want to offer my sincere thanks to all the committee members this afternoon for the opportunity to provide my testimony. My name is Wayne Stensby. I am the managing director for ATCO's electricity global business unit. For those of you who may