Edmonton and Calgary consumers face extra charges of 30 to 40 cents on monthly electricity bills to obtain rural consent to build a new power line proposed between the cities.The jolt to pocket books — a jump of up to 40 per cent in previously forecast costs of $1 a month for the contested project — is generated by a design that reduces disruption of country real estate.

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The Alberta public once again is being invited to information sessions on the need to build up provincial transmission systems, this time without covert eavesdropping by provincial regulators.

The Alberta Electric System Operator, which manages the province’s aging power grid, said Tuesday it will be hosting open-mike sessions in late November and early December with stakeholders along both sides of the Calgary-Edmonton corridor on the need to reinforce the system.

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