Wind power project in Whitla awaiting Utilities Commission approval
EDMONTON — The Whitla Power Project announced last year by Capital Power is currently awaiting approval from the province before shovels go into the ground.
“Right now, it’s pending the approval of the Alberta Utilities Commission, so we have to go through the Utilities Commission’s process to determine whether or not the project receives the Utilities Commission’s approval,” said Jerry Bellikka, director of government relations with Capital Power, over the phone from Edmonton. “That will be a process that they will look at cumulative effects of this project and two others that are nearby, and then they’ll give us a ruling on it at some point later this year.”
Bellikka says the company is hoping the approval of the commission will come before Fall 2018. He adds the other nearby wind projects being examined are being built by Suncor and Renewable Energy Sources (RES).