Renewable firms are rushing to Alberta to profit from the misguided plan that will pay a premium for unreliable and intermittent wind and solar energy. As in Ontario, the unreliable and intermittent energy will have to be backed up by reliable natural gas that will be taxed to subsidize unreliable and intermittent wind and solar. The inevitable result will be much higher costs and lower reliability.  The only upside of this misguided plan is that it will ensure the end of the NDP government in Alberta.