Fort Macleod residents to vote on power utility sale
FORT MACLEOD – Faced with millions of dollars in needed upgrades, the Town of Fort Macleod is going in a new direction with its electrical utility.
The town has an “indicative offer” from Fortis Alberta to buy the utility. The purchase price is $4.9 million, but the town’s chief administrative officer Sue Keenan explains the final tally will be over $5 million.
“We don’t have a big enough staff base to do all the work that’s required to be done to bring that system to where it needs to be”
– Sue Keenan
Keenan says the town began exploring options for its power system a year ago, as it looked at a massive need for improvements.