# Boreal Dispatch Boreal Dispatch covers Alberta's energy economy, the politics behind it, the industry inside it, and the real costs to the people it serves. Written by a working installer with roots in the patch. No sacred cows. No party lines. Just facts. Page: Feed: --- ## [From Backup to Buyback: A Practical Guide to Energy Storage in Alberta](https://jordanforsythe.substack.com/p/from-backup-to-buyback-a-practical) _2026-06-09 · Boreal Dispatch_ Alberta’s grid is under more stress than at any point in the last decade. Battery storage is the answer to several different problems at once - but which system fits your situation? ## [Peak shaving is like sex in high school](https://jordanforsythe.substack.com/p/peak-shaving-is-like-sex-in-high) _2026-05-27 · Boreal Dispatch_ Lots of people are talking about it but very few are actually doing it (or doing it well) ## [Alberta Is Giving Away Its Sunshine](https://jordanforsythe.substack.com/p/alberta-is-giving-away-its-sunshine) _2026-04-10 · Boreal Dispatch_ Part Two: Alberta is making the same mistake with sunshine that it made with oil. ## [Bootleggers and Baptists](https://jordanforsythe.substack.com/p/bootleggers-and-baptists) _2026-04-07 · Boreal Dispatch_ Part One: Nobody in power actually wants carbon pricing to work ## [We Are Losing It](https://jordanforsythe.substack.com/p/we-are-losing-it) _2026-03-27 · Boreal Dispatch_ Alberta’s power grid was built by farmers, with farmer money and farmer labour. This is the story of how it was sold, who paid for the sale, and what it is costing rural Albertans today. ## [We Built It Ourselves](https://jordanforsythe.substack.com/p/we-built-it-ourselves) _2026-03-24 · Boreal Dispatch_ Alberta’s farmers built their own power grid from nothing. This is what it took, and what it meant when they let it go. ## [The Chat Is Open](https://jordanforsythe.substack.com/p/the-chat-is-open) _2026-03-21 · Boreal Dispatch_ Where the conversation continues after the article ends. ## [The Solar Homeowner’s Scheduling Guide](https://jordanforsythe.substack.com/p/the-solar-homeowners-scheduling-guide) _2026-03-16 · Boreal Dispatch_ When and how you use power matters as much as how much solar you installed. ## [POISONING THE WELL](https://jordanforsythe.substack.com/p/poisoning-the-well) _2026-03-10 · Boreal Dispatch_ How Solar Predators Are Ruining a Good Thing, and Why Albertans Should Be Furious ## [8.1% APY Plus Free Stock (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/tQ3WfFwvqAmj) _2026-03-10 · **Sponsored**_ Claim 8.1% APY and up to $1,030 in SK hynix and Nvidia stock. ## [The Grid Is Telling Us Something. Are We Listening?](https://jordanforsythe.substack.com/p/the-grid-is-telling-us-something) _2026-03-04 · Boreal Dispatch_ I’ve been installing solar in Alberta long enough to remember when getting interconnection approval felt like filing a change of address form.