Alberta’s Electricity Deregulation and Data Centre Gamble
New U.S. evidence demonstrates that data centres raise retail electricity prices in deregulated markets. This is bad news for Alberta’s data centre ambitions.
Edgardo Sepulveda
Edgardo Sepulveda is a regulatory economist with more than 30 years of experience in the telecommunications and electricity sectors. He has advised governments, regulatory agencies, companies, unions, and consumer advocates in more than 40 countries. Born in Chile, Edgardo received his B.A. (Honours) from the University of British Columbia and his M.A. from Queen’s University, both in Economics. He established Sepulveda Consulting Inc. in 2006.
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