CALGARY C Alberta’s energy minister linked British Columbia’s support for that Trans Mountain pipeline expansion to Alberta’s support for a B.C. Hydro electric dam throughout a speech Tuesday.
Minister Marg McCuaig-Boyd said hello can be done for pipeline giant Kinder Morgan Inc. to address British Columbia’s concerns over its plan to expand a pipeline network between Alberta and metro Vancouver to hold one more 590,000 barrels of oil per day in an estimated cost of $5.4 billion.
In exchange, McCuaig-Boyd repeated earlier statements that her province could be open to purchasing electricity from B.C.’s planned Site C hydroelectric project, which is estimated to cost $8.8 billion.
“Both Premier Notley and that i happen to be clear C if your pipeline towards the West Coast can’t be secured to expand our energy markets it’s unlikely we’ll have to import electricity from British Columbia to power our industry,” McCuaig-Boyd said.
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