Don’t be shocked: Province caps electricity prices for April in Medicine Hat
MEDICINE HAT, AB — Medicine Hat residents will be paying more for electricity this month.
The city released its utilities rates for the month of April, revealing that the rate for the month of April is 8.2 cents per kilowatt hour, nearly double from March’s rate of 4.7 cents per kilowatt hour.
“The main driver is the retirement of two coal units – the mothballing by Transalta,” said Jaret Dickie, manager of utilities business support with the city, referring to plants near Edmonton. “Also, there’s other coal and gas outages that are occurring in April that are impacting the price.”