Takin’ care of business, part x
As consumers, we are told that Canadian retail prices must be set above American because the costs of operation are higher north of the 49th parallel. For that reason, cars…
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BC Liberals and their allies strike back
The BC Liberals are using their most trusted media tools to once again smear victims who have, according to Adrian Dix, "been repeatedly exonerated” in the health ministry scandal.The Christy…
Takin’ care of business
#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, 2016According…
Guaranteed injury to BC taxpayers
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…
BC Hydro’s primary construction – fabricating falsehoods
Derrick Penner of the Vancouver Sun reported words from the Chief of BC Hydro's nomenklatura :In December, McDonald heralded Site C as “essential to keeping the lights on..."Fundamentally, (independent power…
Travel break
I will travelling until Tuesday with only occasional access to the internet. My plan for the next few months is to visit energy and resource facilities in the Pacific Northwest…
Time for action
A reader comment in a preceding article:We all have to be 'shovel ready' for the upcoming election and 'Turf the Liberals'.There will be massive 1%er sponsored support and corporate funded…
Today’s session with Ian Jessop, CFAX1070
The audio file below is a recording of my time on CFAX 1070 with Ian Jessop March 02, 2016. We talk of BC Hydro and deceitful government.Your browser does not…
Health information technology
British Columbia Hansard, March 1, 2016Judy Darcy, MLA, New Westminster:Last February, we raised the latest IT failure under this Liberal government — the debacle of the clinical system's transformation project…
Pants on fire
Before the last election, Premier Clark justified BC Hydro rate increases as a "common sense decision" that would enable the private/public utility to pay off the billions in its deferred…
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IPPs paid $672 million above market price in 2015
British Columbia Hydro publishes quarterly reports that provide a long term record of consumption by domestic consumers, which are:ResidentialCommercial and light industryHeavy industryI've been reviewing more than 20 years of…
An "accidental activist" on LNG
Dr. Eoin Finn, who has a residence on Bowyer Island in Howe Sound, is a retired partner of KPMG and holds Ph.D. (Physical Chemistry) and MBA (International Business) degrees. BC's…
Delusion and deception are complementary
The eyes of British Columbians should be on BC Hydro's Site C project. It is a hydro facility not needed in a province that has had a decade of flat…
Forces of Know
Site C Is a Climate-Change Disaster, Says Suzuki, Mychaylo Prystupa, The Tyee, February 23, 2016:Flooding valuable farmland to build the Site C dam undermines Canada's commitment to meet international climate-change…
Recent Twitter activity
LEAKED: Script idea for the year long TV advertising blitz already begun by the BC Liberal Government. #bcpoli pic.twitter.com/zeUMn5ujg2— Norm Farrell (@Norm_Farrell) February 26, 2016Heading should read "Dishonouring the intent…
Reader comment on BC Clean Energy Act
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,…
BC Hydro’s 3rd quarter FY 2016 report
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…
The inequality puzzle
Excerpts from an article by Dambisa Moyo at Project Syndicate. An economist and author who sits on the board of directors of global corporations, she was named by TIME Magazine…
Double standard? Of course!
Mount Polley.........no fines,no charges.......its who you know #christyclark #bcpoli https://t.co/y3IclftEqe— Danny Boy (@digitaldannyboy) February 20, 2016Couple fined $100K for causing 2013 landslide into #WestVan creek https://t.co/0w3PplkeOA...