The entire province of Alberta is currently under an extreme cold warning, reports cbc.ca.
Temperatures as low as -40 degrees through Monday evening saw electricity demand spike as Albertan’s uniformly took action to combat the brutal winter conditions.
The surge in demand forced the Alberta Energy System Operator to raise the Emergency Alert to level 1 and then 2 in quick succession, stating their reserves were being exhausted and that “emergency energy was being requested from neighbouring areas.”
The alert read: “At this point we would also ask customers … to lower their demand on the system,” referring not to residential customers but energy companies across the province.
ENERGY LOADS SURPASS ALL-TIME HIGH
AESO’s spokesperson, Tara de Weerd, explains that you typically see the greatest draw on the grid during bouts of extreme cold weather, adding that “when we hit an all-time record it has been historically always in the winter.”
Alberta’s record for the system’s highest consumption is held by Jan. 11, 2018, when the load was 11,697 MW — but data from AESO’s website shows the load surpassing 11,700 MW at around 6 PM Monday, meaning, once confirmed, that a new record has been set.
AESO’s peak load forecast reveals demand is likely to be just as high in the days ahead, with Arctic conditions expected to hold anomalously far south due to a violent buckling of jet stream –-a phenomenon associated with the historically low solar activity we’re currently experiencing– with the system again predicted to rise above 100% capacity during peak hours Tuesday through Thursday.
As cbc.ca points out, the grid isn’t the only system struggling in Alberta due to the cold — Canada Post also issued an alert on Monday, stating that severe weather conditions were impeding delivery and some customers would not be receiving mail.
The lower-latitudes are refreezing in line with historically low solar activity.
NASA has recently revealed this upcoming solar cycle (25) will dip further still, to become “the weakest of the past 200 years,” with the agency correlating previous solar shutdowns to prolonged periods of global cooling here.
Don’t be fooled by bogus political agendas — our future is one of ever-descending COLD, and of CROP LOSS; all due to the intensification of the sun’s next Grand Solar Minimum cycle.
Prepare accordingly — relocate if need be, and grow your own.
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