As the only province in Canada with
a deregulated electricity market, Alberta has a unique set of challenges relating to its energy production, use and sale.
Much like Britain's
deregulated electricity market, the gas is supplied through the mains.
State lawmakers erected the wall between transmission companies and electric generators when
they deregulated the electricity market in 1999.
[xii] The path to a liberalised power market is long — another round of voting is held in 2018 before a legal framework for
a deregulated electricity market is implemented by 1 July 2023 — but this vote is hugely significant in demonstrating the desire of consumers in this region for a fair marketplace that enables the same access to renewables as well as incumbent fossil fuels.