Muskrat Falls weakness: the North Spur #nlpoli
The north side of the site of the future Muskrat Falls dam has a problem. The soil is made up of clay that has a tendency to sheer away in…
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Muskrat Falls: delayed dividends, more equity needed #nlpoli
The provincial “mid-year” financial update included a familiar claim about the Muskrat Falls project: We estimate that the province will see revenues in excess of $20 billion over 50 years…
The road not taken #nlpoli
Word that the Town of Badger is having problems with flooding – again – is a reminder of a couple of small hydro projects at Badger Chute and Red Indian…
Muskrat Mania #nlpoli
Nova Scotia “energy consultants pan Muskrat Falls project”. “Let’s wait for URB verdict”: former NS NDP leader Ekuanitshit Innu suing over Muskrat Falls. (French) Nalcor excluded the George River herd…
Nexans to build Muskrat Falls underwater cable #nlpoli
Nalcor has awarded a contract valued at more than $106 million to Nexans Norway AS to construct the underwater cable for the Muskrat Falls project, according to a news release…
No obligation to take electricity: Emera CEO #nlpoli
From the Chronicle Herald: Emera CEO Chris Huskilson says there are several options available to Nova Scotians to meet future energy needs, but he insists the arrangement with Newfoundland and…
Beyond the “clutches of Quebec” #nlpoli
Another perspective on Muskrat Falls, via the Ottawa Citizen, and a previous attempt to run electrical power from Labrador through Nova Scotia: Pickersgill took the matter to the R.B. Bryce,…
The Hebron Complications #nlpoli
The partners in the Hebron project sanctioned the development on New Year’s Eve and announced the decision on Friday. The new cost estimate to build the gravity base and bring…
Tom Johnson is Redundant #nlpoli
Pity Tom Johnson. The St. John’s lawyer landed a steady source of billable hours when the provincial Conservatives made him the consumer advocate at the public utilities board. Tom has…
Not with a bang, but a whimper #nlpoli
The longest filibuster in Newfoundland and Labrador legislative history ended quietly Saturday morning. This was the second filibuster this year and the Telegram’s legislative reported posed a simple question via…
Pressing Politics Stars in House of Assembly, Tories Elicit a Warning from Dean MacDonald
Yesterday I had a fair bit of time to kill, so I decided to head to the legislature and take in some of the Muskrat Falls filibusters. As I was…
Perspective #nlpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale likes to pretend that the critics haven’t been able to find a problem with Muskrat Falls. Well, that’s simply not true. They’ve found tons of problems with…
A closed market #nlpoli
The provincial Conservatives will guarantee that taxpayers in Newfoundland and Labrador will be forced to pay for Muskrat Falls no matter what happens to oil prices or with new technology. …
Anticlimax #nlpoli
So it turns out the provincial government is going to build the Muskrat Falls project. There’s a total shock. The one thing that came screaming out of Monday night’s extravaganza…
Revenue Streams and Not-so-Captive Markets #nlpoli
Natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy was in an exceptionally candid mood in the House of Assembly on Tuesday. He explained that under legislation that will pass before Christmas, Nalcor would…
Revenue Streams: Sure Thing edition #nlpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale on where the money will come from to pay for Muskrat Falls, from the House Assembly on Monday: So, unless there is some catastrophe in Newfoundland and…
$#*! the Premier says: PUB review edition #nlpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale on the PUB and its review of Muskrat Falls (November 21, 2012): Mr. Speaker, when the PUB produced its report it concurred with Nalcor – and it…
$#*! Jerome Says: federal loan guarantee not firmly in place yet #nlpoli
In the House of Assembly on Tuesday, natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy was pretty clear about the sanction process: “What we have done … we have slowed down the process…
Still Ready for a Better Tomorrow #nlpoli
Natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy on the financial typhoon of glorious benefits he and his colleagues are about to unleash via called Muskrat Falls: The Province will make a lot…
Government Delaying Muskrat Falls Sanction: Kennedy #nlpoli
“What we have done,” natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy told the House of Assembly on Tuesday, “ we have slowed down the process in terms of the sanction.” Kennedy offered…