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Are municipalities wasting public money on BCUC legal challenges?
It’s costing municipal taxpayers and energy ratepayers a lot of money to challenge the BCUC’s decisions in court. But the BCUC hasn’t been proven wrong…
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Fortis hikes its renewable natural gas rates for the second time this year
Cancelling the carbon tax has lowered gas bills, but the cost of the Fortis renewable natural gas program will increase by 130 percent on July…
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BC Hydro clean energy projects running into headwinds
Accusations that the provincially owned utility did not properly consult First Nations may slow down the projects, especially if the matter ends up in court.…
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Is BC Hydro’s 2024 Call for Power too little, too late?
BC Hydro needs to acquire more electricity than it previously thought, and it won’t be available soon enough. Introduction BC Hydro, the provincially owned electrical…
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BC should trash its 2030 climate target
The government has admitted it’s not on track to meet its 2030 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target. It should stop trying, and focus instead on…
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Legal loophole allows BC Hydro to avoid review of new clean energy projects
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.…
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The BCUC’s rejection of an Okanagan pipeline expansion might be a bad deal for ratepayers
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…
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It’s time for the Auditor General to examine BC Hydro’s deferral accounts (again)
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…
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How much will BC Hydro bills really go up on April 1?
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…
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Was the BC government’s recent Order to the BCUC legal?
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…