Key takeaways from the report include the following:
- The REM reforms by themselves do not reshape future capacity on a large scale. The biggest uncertainties for Alberta’s future capacity mix come from CER enforcement and support for renewable capacity.
- Negative prices are expected between 2027 and 2035. The value of TIER credits and the High-Performance Benchmark set an implicit price floor, disincentivizing negative prices post-2035 in all REM scenarios.
- In the REM Conservative Policy scenario, a slower renewable capacity expansion and increased baseload result in low price volatility over the long term.
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