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The NDP government says it will soon respond to companies ditching money-losing coal-fired power contracts — potentially passing the costs on to Alberta consumers — though it won’t provide details about its plans.

Since December, Enmax, TransCanada, AltaGas and Capital Power have terminated all of their power purchase arrangements (PPAs) for coal-fired electricity, transferring them back to a government entity called the Balancing Pool.

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The most recent announcement came last Friday as city-owned Enmax announced it would end its Keephills PPA.

But the NDP has signalled it will challenge the moves.

“We’re going to be initiating an appropriate proceeding shortly and all the facts will be in front of the public as issues are adjudicated,” said NDP Energy Minister Marg McCuaig-Boyd in an interview this week.

She would not specify, however, whether the government will launch legal action.