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MATL: Hearing generates criticism

A public hearing on what would be the first merchant transmission line between Canada and the United States drew 100 residents to Great Falls on Tuesday, with economic development officials and elected officials singing its praises and farmers raising concerns.

The $150 million Montana Alberta Tie Line would stretch 230 miles — 129 of them in Montana — between Great Falls and Lethbridge, Alberta. It’s being proposed by Montana Alberta Tie Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Toronto-based Tonbridge Power Inc.

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http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080312/NEWS01/803120304/1002


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Canadian power industry faces revamp

Ottawa’s massive planned changes to emission regulations for power producers and oilsands projects have the potential to remake Alberta’s generation industry — and scare investment from bitumen extraction and upgrading, experts said Tuesday.

In Alberta’s coal-reliant generating sector, the changes — to require coal-fired generators to capture and sequester their significant carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions — are expected to give a big boost to natural-gas-fired projects and provide a double benefit to wind, which is already the focus of a frenzy of projects.

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http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=b6efe0e5-c6d4-4720-b838-ff8ff384bd95&k=81868