On Saturday in the early evening, Premier of Alberta Danielle Smith pleaded with citizens to "unplug" their electric vehicles and conserve energy in other ways to avoid brownouts after the province's Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) declared a grid alert. All the province's natural gas generators were working overtime, with no contribution from wind or solar.

"We are calling on all Albertans to reduce their electric demand immediately to essentials only," said Smith in a statement. "Delay charging electric vehicles." 

In response to the situation, the neighboring province of Saskatchewan, which was also facing the same cold snap, announced it would be providing Alberta with electricity to stabilize the grid.

Many, including Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, noted that the incident served as a stark reminder of the potential dangers of a looming federal mandate calling for an eventual end to oil and gas power production in favor of less reliable wind and solar power.

"SaskPower is providing 153 MW of electricity to AB this evening to assist them through this shortage. That power will be coming from natural gas and coal-fired plants, the ones the Trudeau government is telling us to shut down (which we won't)," wrote Moe on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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