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Article: United states : Power project won t export electricity to US province.
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- September 5, 2009
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Byline: shiv03
The 500,000-volt Heartland Transmission Project will not be used to export power from Alberta, government and energy officials said on Thursday.
Sturgeon County Mayor Don Rigney told 25 municipalities at the Capital Region Board meeting the lines were part of a grid plan that would be used to export Alberta power to the United States.
He cited Treasury Board president Lloyd Snelgrove as the source of his information, and questioned whether Albertans should have to pay for power lines that will only benefit power companies and Americans.
Rigney also questioned whether the transmission lines were necessary since work has ...