A lot has changed since the BC Utilities Commission (BCUC) reviewed the Site C project in 2017. How does the BCUC’s analysis look with the…

BC’s Auditor General recently warned that future government directions regarding BC Hydro’s net income are a “risk area” for the provincial accounts, which have twice…

On July 15, 2024, the BC government ordered the BC Utilities Commission (BCUC) to allow BC Hydro’s regulated net income to remain at $712 million…

Section 7.1 of the Climate Change Accountability Act obliges the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy to “make public no later than the end…

FortisBC Energy Inc. (FEI) just announced that, as of July 1, 2024, it will be the “first energy utility in North America to automatically designate…

BC is fixing its near-term electricity shortage, but there is potential for a much larger deficit if we want to expand LNG and mining production…

The program will promote the adoption of EVs in BC, but ratepayers face paying a hidden $289 million subsidy to fund a cheaper overnight rate.…

BC Hydro’s Integrated Resource Plan does not take seriously enough the possibility of a large increase in demand for electricity, and treats the government’s CleanBC…

Here’s a further update to my recent article on the future of rooftop solar and net metering in BC. My thanks to a reader who…

Yes, that’s right. On April 30, 2024 the BCUC granted BC Hydro, BC’s largest electrical utility, a certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN) to…