Premier Danielle Smith says she won’t risk Alberta’s power operators ‘going to jail’ if they don’t achieve Ottawa’s goal of a net-zero electricity grid by 2035.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has confirmed she will invoke the province’s Sovereignty Act on Nov. 27 to protect its power companies from Ottawa’s Clean Electricity Regulations (CER).
Speaking at a morning radio show on Nov. 25, Ms, Smith said the federal plan to impose a net-zero electricity system by 2035 is not only “unachievable” but also risks wrecking Alberta’s power grid.

“We will not put our operators at risk of going to jail if they do not achieve the unachievable,” she said Nov. 25 on her weekly radio show “Your Province. Your Premier.”