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Electrification trumps affordability as BC Hydro abandons its two-tier residential rate structure
Today’s rate design is being phased out to encourage the transition to a cleaner economy. Most BC Hydro residential customers, especially those on low incomes, will pay more as a…
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BC Hydro wants to delay its next integrated resource plan
Well, that’s a shocker – BC Hydro wants an extra year to develop its next long-term plan. Approving the request is a bad idea, but the BCUC will probably do…
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Surrey and BC Hydro in $41 million property dispute
The City’s allegation that transmission facilities are trespassing on a highway is unlikely to succeed. Surrey taxpayers and BC Hydro’s ratepayers will pay the cost of proving this point. Growing…
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BC’s climate policies could cause Fortis gas bills to increase 66 percent by 2030
A combination of planned increases in the carbon tax and the use of renewable natural gas will test the minister of energy’s ability to meet his new energy affordability mandate.…
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Will BC Hydro’s ratepayers get “zapped” again?
BC Hydro’s latest call for clean power is being trumpeted as a success. But the energy is going to be expensive, and there are concerns it won’t be available soon…