Documents suggest Alberta's renewable-energy pause not requested by AESO head

Internal emails show the province's seven-month moratorium on renewable-energy projects was a political decision and not requested by the system operator like the premier said it was. Last summer, Danielle Smith claimed the operator was on board with the pause. Newly uncovered documents show the CEO of the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) opposed the decision. That directly contradicts what Smith told Albertans. The publication The Narwhal got its hands on internal emails through a freedo