Energy Use

• 100-year-old University of Alberta building to become model of smart energy use

  Researchers at the University of Alberta are hoping to make a 100-year-old building on campus a lot smarter by reducing energy use, emissions and operating costs.

  Environment

  Sep 22, 2022
  
• New record set for summer electricity demand, but Tuesday could see even higher use: Fortis

  The power company says the peak load for Monday’s electricity demand was 735 megawatts.

  Consumer

  Jun 29, 2021
  
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• Manitoba Hydro facing multi-million-dollar revenue shortfall due to coronavirus

  The COVID-19 pandemic has cost Manitoba Hydro about $26 million in revenue so far while the public utility deals with a substantial drop in exports and domestic commercial use.

  Economy

  Jun 11, 2020
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• Productivity gains eclipse steep rise in agricultural energy use since 1990

  Overall energy use from Canadian agriculture is growing along with average farm size, but energy efficiency is improving as well.

  Canada

  Jun 23, 2019
• Turn off the lights: Calgary wants you to power down, unplug for Earth Hour on Saturday

  Earth Hour runs from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Saturday.

  Environment

  Mar 30, 2019
• Billing relief offered to FortisBC customers

  FortisBC says it will be offering a billing credit to its customers who were affected by flood and fire evacuation orders earlier this year.

  Consumer

  Oct 4, 2018
• Nova Scotia Power applies to UARB to implement ‘smart meter’ technology

  According to the company, 70 per cent of Canadian homes already have smart meters.

  Consumer

  Oct 19, 2017