As first reported by The Narwhal, which obtained the documents under a freedom-of-information request, the CEO of the independent Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) was actually opposed to the moratorium. A copy of a July 2023 email from Karl Johannson, board chair of the Alberta Electric System Operator. 'To me, it's just deliberate misrepresentation'Bankes says it is now "crystal clear" that the government misrepresented the origins of the renewables pause and what it had been told by the electric system operator. A plaque outside the Alberta Electric System Operator's offices in Calgary. Smith asked about contradictions in Alberta's renewable-energy pause Duration 1:48 Alberta Premier Danielle Smith was asked why she said the Alberta Electric System Operator asked for a moratorium on renewable projects when internal documents contradict her claim.
