This devastating information from Erik Andersen, an economist and widely recognized expert on government and Crown Corporation financing: You will note the unbelievable increase in BC Hydro’s debt since Christy Clark took […]
#BCHydro buys a GWh of power from IPPs at $91,380 and exports a GWh at $34,920. Save IPPs the bother and the loss. #bcpoli — Norm Farrell (@Norm_Farrell) March 12, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js […]
BC Hydro is in a quandary. Premier Clark’s Government requires the utility purchase increasing amounts from independent power producers. However, consumers of electricity, particularly residential and commercial users – the only ones […]
An item from January 2015 has grown in importance. These recently created graphs support assertions within the article: BC doesn’t need it, Alberta doesn’t want it, USA will pay a fraction […]
A regular reader provided this comment to the preceding article. Hugh explains that the capture of BC’s public utility by selfish profiteers was a carefully considered manoeuvre. In the end, it will […]
According to BC Hydro’s report for the nine months ended December 31, 2015, domestic consumption of electricity is down 2.2% from the same period 10 years prior. That we’ve had stable domestic […]
BC Liberals to natural resource companies, “Actually, we’re the party of no. No, you don’t have to pay the public for natural resources and energy.” ADDENDUM: As reader motorcycleguy says in comments, […]
In 2009, the Wilderness Committee issued a press release. Gwen Barlee and Joe Foy were prescient: “Requiring BC Hydro to purchase power that it doesn’t need is an idiotic decision and a […]
Narrows Inlet by Duane Burnett: An almost pristine silent majestic oasis where the west coast rain forest mountains plunged straight into the fjord carved out by the last ice age, rich with […]
What is a deferred expense? The term “deferred expense” is used to describe a payment that has been made, but will not be reported as an expense until a future accounting period. […]
“This project is not ‘run-of-river. It involves draining alpine lakes by levels of 60 feet in depth, diverting waterfalls and clearcutting linear swaths for power lines and penstocks. This will permanently industrialize a local pristine fjord for the sole purpose of private profit.”
By numerous measures—affordability, inequality, protection of provincial assets, harm to public services and rapid expansion of debt and obligations—BC Liberals are colossal failures. Most BC residents are unaware because the major accomplishment […]
Comments submitted to EAO public in 2012: Changing lakes to reservoirs is completely different than so-called run-of-river project constructions. The significant changes to natural functioning of three alpine lakes will impact habitat […]
Make your submissions directly to Garry Alexander, Executive Project Director, Environmental Assessment Office, since they don’t seem to have reopened the project to public comments although they’ve provided additional time for the […]
Please read through the following article. It’s lengthy but the Environmental Review is the last chance to stop a large, potentially destructive project about 50 miles from Vancouver. It should not proceed. […]
Exploiters are taking us from HERE TO HERE If you want this to end, visit the website of British Columbia’s Environmental Assessment Office and voice your objections.
Private developers behind the Narrows Inlet power project are already assured their place at the public trough. BC Hydro will buy more power they don’t need. If you are happy to see […]
Last August, Chad Skelton of the Vancouver Sun reported on a conference call between BC Hydro president Dave Cobb and senior staff. Cobb said the utility was being forced by Liberal policy […]
BC Liberals and their media surrogates regularly accuse BC’s NDP governments of responsibility for “skyrocketing spending and debt.” Not that it matters to Liberal supporters, but we can determine if the aspersion […]
Economist Erik Andersen, writing at The Common Sense Canadian, contemplates why BC Hydro: indulged in its aggressive contracting with Independent Power Producers in BC when domestic demand increases are nonexistent. I suggest […]
Job Displacement? Can’t be stopped. It's just inevitable. Translated as: Let’s see how bad it can get first then talk…
To halt the spread of homelessness as a top housing priority few things matter more than affordability. What does matter…
On the subject of Wealth Extraction... Has BC Hydro Chair Mr. Clark studied info comparable to this video? Should Hydro…
Renewed interest in “interest”? https://ellenbrown.com/2025/11/04/how-a-fed-overhaul-could-eliminate-the-federal-debt-crisis-part-ii-curbing-fed-independence/ Albert Einstein is often quoted as saying that compound interest is “the most powerful force…
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This Just In https://www.msn.com/en-us/technology/general/microsoft-to-use-2-8-million-gallons-of-lake-michigan-water-in-2026-for-mt-pleasant-project/ar-AA1ML7Mw Too bad about Lake Michigan. Where did you say hundred of thousands of gallons of data…