Alberta's energy grid had as little as 10 megawatts in reserve power at one point on Saturday night, one of the coldest of the past 50 years. In an interview with CBC News on Sunday, he said the emergency alert was a result of a confluence of extreme conditions. The province's energy grid had as little as 10 megawatts in reserve power at one point on Saturday night, according to the AESO supply demand report. (Helen Pike/CBC)"A lot of that increase last year was solar power, so solar capacity doesn't change anything at all for a 7 p.m. January spike," he said. "A solution relying exclusively on wind power, solar power and trade isn't going to get you through a really cold, dark night in Alberta," he said.
