An agreement between North American power producer Capital Power Corporation and Ontario Power Generation will see the two companies work together to examine the feasibility of developing grid-scale small modular reactors in the province, including possible ownership and operating structures.
The province has issued notices in the past for other weather-related events such as tornadoes, but this was the first time that an alert was issued asking people to reduce energy consumption
Scott McGregor with SaskPower says the peak usage for power starts usually around 4:30/5:00 o'clock in the evening and goes through to around seven o'.
The agency responsible for overseeing Alberta s power grid declared a grid alert Saturday afternoon, warning of the possibility or rotating outages across the province.