Your Future is in Their Hands: Political Definition #nlpoli
Voters in Newfoundland and Labrador have a new political definition: to crummell: to have one's opinion completely reversed in a nanosecond by the whim of another. There may well be…
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Self-massaging the message #nlpoli
The Telegram’s Pam Frampton has a neat column this weekend on Jerome Kennedy, Muskrat Falls, and the provincial government’s problems with explaining to people in simple terms why Muskrat falls…
We get the message just fine, Jerome #nlpoli
“No, I don’t think that we have done a great job of communicating this,” natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy told the Telegram editorial board last week.“I can give you a…
Muskrat Falls propaganda a no-brainer #nlpoli
From the latest issue of the Irish Loop Post, Craig Westcott’s editorial “You won’t strain your brain reading government’s last minute batch of Muskrat Falls propaganda.” There is more to…
The Mystical Lords of Mu’skr’at Fa’alls #nlpoli
The water management controversy flared briefly at the end of last week thanks to Geoff Meeker’s blog at the Telegram and a couple of interviews by the 2041 Group and…
Kathy Dunderdale, give-aways, and the resource curse #nlpoli
Ontario has been interested in Gull Island since at least the 1990s. We didn’t need Kathy Dunderdale to say that again as part of the advertising show she is mounting…
Water Management Controversy Hits Nova Scotia #nlpoli
Okay so the locals might call it Information Boring, but CBC’s morning Halifax radio show took a look at Muskrat Falls this week. The interviewed Dennis Browne from Group 2041…
Windy #nlpoli
Anyone with half a clue knows that you cannot develop a reliable, efficient electricity system built on type of generation only. You need a mix so that the advantages of…
Labrador Mines and Muskrat Falls #nlpoli
One of the things everyone is learning this week is that a consultant who accepts all the assumptions Nalcor used to arrive at its conclusion in the first place will…
Muskrat Potpourri #nlpoli
The skinny on cost overruns – Des Sullivan Bringing energy efficiency to the equation – Winston Adams The need for power isn’t proven – Maurice Adams -srbp-
King Kop. Kennedy Kop. #nlpoli
Expect to hear a lot more in the next couple of days about a comment Jerome Kennedy made on CBC Radio’s Crosstalk on Wednesday. The reason is that back in…
Calculators #nlpoli
Nalcor’s new marketing website for Muskrat Falls includes a little feature that supposedly shows you what your electricity bill will be with and without Muskrat Falls. Even though you will…
The DG 3 Dog and Pony Show #nlpoli
Big Show. Room full of people all there because they have a direct interest in the project. Live streaming by the news media. And all to release the latest cost…
Muskrat Falls Trends #nlpoli
Just for the fun of it, here is a graph of the frequency of searches for the term “Muskrat Falls” in Canada since November 2010. According to Google the numbers…
The Business Case for Muskrat Falls #nlpoli
All sorts of business people in Newfoundland and Labrador love Muskrat Falls. Funny thing is that they don;t talk about risk, profits, cash flows, return on their investment, and other…
Muskrat Falls – The Importance of Transparency #nlpoli
Nalcor will install new generating capacity at Portland Creek in the mid-2030s despite having about 1200 gigawatt hours of electricity available from Muskrat Falls. In his latest assessment – Muskrat…
When engineering becomes imagineering #nlpoli
Nalcor issued a news release on Monday to correct inaccurate statements about the water management agreement between Nalcor and Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation. Sounds good, except that Nalcor didn’t identify…
Hydro’s Problem Questions #nlpoli
As the Telegram reported on Saturday, the Public Utilities Board has suspended consideration of Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro’s 2013 capital works application. The company is having trouble answering a couple…
A Mythbuster’s Rebuttal: Transmission Lines, Holyrood Oil and Renewable Resources
I have to give Ed Hollett credit… he is a sharp minded fellow. After my blog on Tuesday where I purport to debunk three myths on Muskrat Falls, Hollett responded…
The Dangers of Being a Mythbuster – 50 is the new 70 #nlpoli
Look around and anyone can find a huge amount of information about Muskrat Falls and electricity in Newfoundland and Labrador. For all that, though, there is a great deal of…