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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 utility, needs more electricity. In…
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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 more realistic, longer-term goals. Introduction…
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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. Introduction I’m sure readers of…
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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 2023 is looking more and…
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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 the Auditor General to qualify…