Some communities oppose Alberta's six-month pause on renewable energy approvals

"They pulled the rug out from under us," said John Rimmer, mayor of Caroline, where the United Conservative government's move has stranded a solar project that would have contributed at least 15 per cent of the community's municipal budget.

"This moratorium is harmful to municipalities like ours, preventing us from generating needed revenue to keep property tax increases at a minimum, while continuing to provide the services and facilities required to retain and attract new residents and businesses," said the letter, signed by Mayor Jean Barclay.

Innisfail was hoping to develop a project itself, said Barclay. She said it would have brought in about $500,000 a year, the equivalent of a six per cent property tax increase. "I understand the concern about prime agricultural land, but we use prime agricultural land for concrete and pavement, too."

Rimmer said Caroline has worked for years to attract a renewable power developer. He called the government's reason for the pause"an excuse."Rimmer said the United Conservatives' move is having the same effect on renewable power as the federal Liberals are having on fossil fuels.Last week, a clean energy think tank released an analysis of the potential impact of the pause.

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