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BC’s Utilities Commission Blocks Climate Goals, Say Enviro Groups
BC’s Utilities Commission Blocks Climate Goals, Say Enviro Groups The regulator of BC Hydro needs a new ‘energy justice’ mandate, province told. Environment and Climate Change Strategy Minister George Heyman received a letter from seven organizations focused on energy, equity and the climate crisis urging a reset for BC’s utilities regulator, which they call a […]
BC Hydro Bets on Interest Rates — and Loses $1 Billion
BC Hydro Bets on Interest Rates — and Loses $1 Billion A hedging program was supposed to protect the corporation from rising rates. Instead, it’s creating major liabilities. The Peace River was dammed and sent through these diversion tunnels this week to allow work on Site C to continue in the dry riverbed. Photo via BC […]
The Quake Threat to Dams Posed by Fracking Was Long Warned
The Quake Threat to Dams Posed by Fracking Was Long Warned A new trove of internal exchanges shaken loose by Ben Parfitt amplifies decades of safety urgings. “Why is this so difficult?” a BC Hydro dam safety engineer plaintively asked his superiors seven years ago. He’d been stymied again in proposing that because the risks […]
Premier Clark on ‘Historic Debt Binge,’ Says Conservative Leader
Premier Clark on ‘Historic Debt Binge,’ Says Conservative Leader ‘Debt-free BC’ 2013 campaign promise called unrealistic, simplistic. Clark promised LNG revenue would mean ‘debt-free BC.’ Instead, debt up 45 per cent during her tenure. David P. Ball Premier Christy Clark won the provincial election in 2013 promising a “Debt-Free BC,” but an opponent now accuses her […]
Gov’t Using Misleading Accounting at BC Hydro, Charges Dix
Gov’t Using Misleading Accounting at BC Hydro, Charges Dix Minister counters that ‘rate-smoothing’ accounts make sense due to 10-year plan for rate increases. BC Hydro transmission tower on Mt. Seymour. Photo by agaumont from Your BC: The Tyee’s Photo Pool. The British Columbia government has chosen to use misleading accounting at BC Hydro to fudge the province’s finances […]
As Hydro Rates Climb, an Idea to Reduce Bills for Low-income Folks
As Hydro Rates Climb, an Idea to Reduce Bills for Low-income Folks Advocates pitch affordability program, but minister insists rates are modest. ‘Most other jurisdictions in North America have bill affordability programs. We don’t.’ Bill photo via Shutterstock. With electricity rates continuing to spiral upwards, an advocacy organization is pushing to have BC Hydro adopt measures to […]
Site C Is a Climate-Change Disaster, Says Suzuki
Site C Is a Climate-Change Disaster, Says Suzuki ‘We have to rethink everything’ says noted environmentalist. A Tyee Q&A. David Suzuki and Grand Chief Stewart Phillip at a media scrum outside the B.C. Superior Court Monday morning. Photo by Mychaylo Prystupa. Flooding valuable farmland to build the Site C dam undermines Canada’s commitment to meet […]
As Site C Breaks Ground, Linked Union Declares Opposition
As Site C Breaks Ground, Linked Union Declares Opposition BCGEU cites First Nation infringement and loss of habitat in motion against controversial dam. The union representing many British Columbia government workers has taken a position against building the Site C dam, a project some of its members are working on and that other unions support. […]
