[post] Strathcona Power - it begins!

relies on Image Process pre-release; see pelican-plugins/image-process#100

Author: minchinweb

content/2026/20260112-strathcona-power-it-begins.md

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+title: Building Strathcona Power -- It Begins!
+date: 2026-01-12 11:50:00-0700
+category: Strathcona Power
+tags: build in public, Strathcona Power
+
+I am building a boutique energy retailer to provide a human touch to our
+electricity and natural gas bills, and to make sure that that money get
+reinvested back into our community. This matters because many of the
+established players are huge multinationals, with call centers on one continent
+and their head office in yet another, both far from Alberta.
+
+But it doesn't have to be like that: the money from our bills can grow our
+communities and our energy retailer can be human scale too.
+
+[Strathcona Power](https://strathconapower.ca/): Deep roots, New Power.
+
+<!-- read more -->

content/images/2026/strathcona-power-v2.4-detailed.svg

@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@
     "minchin-dot-ca-theme": "images/2016/minchindotca-theme-article.png",
     "pelican-plugins": "images/2020/pelican_logo.png",
     "covid": "images/2020/coronavirus-cdc-645x645.jpg",
+    "strathcona-power": "images/2026/strathcona-power-v2.4-detailed.svg",
 }
 
 

pelicanconf.py

@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ seafoam >= 2.13.0
 typogrify
 webassets >= 0.12.1
 
+# otherwise via seafoam; need v3.3.1 (currently unreleased)
+git+https://github.com/pelican-plugins/image-process.git@skip-bad-images #egg=pelican-image-process
+
 # on Termux (included by default on Windows)
 tzdata  # otherwise, via Pelican
 # on GitHub Actions (on Linux), bur `extended_sitemap` plugin

requirements.in

@@ -105,8 +105,10 @@ pelican-alias==1.1
     # via -r requirements.in
 pelican-extended-sitemap==1.2.3
     # via -r requirements.in
-pelican-image-process==3.3.0
-    # via seafoam
+pelican-image-process @ git+https://github.com/pelican-plugins/image-process.git@skip-bad-images
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements.in
+    #   seafoam
 pelican-jinja-filters==2.1.1
     # via seafoam
 pelican-neighbors==1.2.0