Calls to cancel electricity transmission project near Fort McMurray

A drop in oilsands development has prompted the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) to recommend cancelling plans for a major power transmission project northwest of Fort McMurray.
The project, approved in 2012, included building two power substations and 130 km of 240-kilovolt power lines to serve an area without transmission facilities that was expected to have significant electricity requirements because of oilsands growth.
The work was originally expected to cost about $370 million, an e