Alberta Utility Bills Are Set To Spike And Data Centres Are To Blame

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By Mitch AndersonJul 20, 2026, 3:33 pm12 pts
Albertans have historically paid the highest electricity rates in the country and those costs may soon rise again as the province doubles down on gas-powered AI data centres. Case in point is Greenlight Electricity Centre, a 932 MW natural gas plant proposed to be built north of Edmonton to power the recently…

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