The Minister of Energy promised BC Hydro’s new clean energy projects would have BCUC oversight. A decades-old ministerial exemption order makes that a hollow promise.…

A new $50 million stop-gap measure will leave the system at capacity again by 2029. The proposal rejected by the BC Utilities Commission (BCUC) in…

BC Hydro will defer over a billion dollars of costs in the next three years without the independent approval of the BCUC. This could cause…

The claim that BC Hydro bills will increase by an “average” of 3.75 percent contains enough spin to make you dizzy. In fact, almost 80…

The Utilities Commission Act prevents the government from overriding a BCUC decision. It may have done just that. Introduction The BC government recently issued an…

In bypassing the regulator, the government has set rates for BC Hydro that are probably too low. This will create big problems down the road,…

BC Hydro’s third quarter financial results are out. The promise of limiting bill increases to 2.3 percent for the next four years is looking distinctly…

The BC Utilities Commission has deregulated many thermal energy systems and strengthened consumer protection. It could have gone a bit further, though. Introduction The BC…

The delay was not justified, and would have undermined recent improvements in BC Hydro’s planning process. The BCUC was right to reject the request. On…

The 2024 Report was due in June last year. What could be holding it up? As I reported in July last year, the government still…