Bill 50, today at the Legislature
Author: David | Date: November 17, 2009 | Please Comment!This week, the Stelmach administration will attempt to ram Bill 50 through the Legislature. Bill 50 takes away the rights of Albertans to have a say over the construction of new electricity infrastructure. Not only is the Premier taking away your say – the Stelmach administration’s plans to build billions of dollars worth of new power lines and force consumers to pay 100% of the cost will raise every Albertan’s power bill by hundreds of dollars a year.
Call the Alberta Liberal Caucus’ toll free number: 1-888-886-2834,
Or, visit www.bill50.ca
To tell us your views on Bill 50, the importance of genuine public consultation, or rising electricity costs. Record a question you’d like us to ask the Premier or his cabinet on your behalf. We’ll ask some of those questions in the Legislature, so that Premier Stelmach and his cabinet understand that Albertans have a say in the issues that affect them.
11:54 am on June 8th, 2010
The Montana Alberta Tie Line ( MATL ) is in construction. Previously a 230 kV line, there are plans to increase it to 500 kv.
This is a line fron Great Falls to Lethbridge, with Edmonton’s Heartland the final destination. I am not against the Wind power project as a project, but why would Alberta’s taxpayers have to pay for the construction and maintenance of the line from Lethbridge to the Heartland when it is a commercial project? $2 billion is not a small amount of money just for construction, and maintenence is an ongoing proposition. This is a project which allows private enterprise the ability to tax!