Strangling energy innovation
The Telegram editorialists are finally putting it all together, at least when it comes to the provincial government’s energy company, the Muskrat Falls project and taxpayers: It looks a lot…
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Loan guarantee for Muskrat Falls “electioneering” says NDP MP from Quebec
Noob Bloc NDP member of parliament Raymond Cote made it clear on Tuesday he disagrees with his party on a loan guarantee for the Muskrat Falls project.According to Canada.com: "It's…
Skinner makes false statement in letter to Telegram editor
Natural resources minister Shawn Skinner is writing more letters to the editor of the Telegram these days that the former Open Line hydro queen sends tweets. The government must have…
You say potato, I say road apple
Kathy Dunderdale thinks it’s all much ado about nothing. Dunderdale commented in response to a Telegram editorial that noted a set of reports prepared for Nalcor on the Muskrat Falls…
The price of a loan guarantee
Ontario is planning to build two new nuclear reactors to meet the province’s energy needs in the near future and finance minister Dwight Duncan signalled on Tuesday that the Ontario…
Wealth transfer
As nottawa noted on Tuesday, the net effect of a provincial tax cut on electricity and a rate hike for the province’s Crown energy company isn’t what might appear at…
Dundernomics 101: Dazed and confused
There’s a Tellytorial - editorial at the Telly – that is worth reading if you missed it already. It’s the one from last Saturday that began by noting that the…
US has surplus electricity
A conference in Halifax last week heard a tale of electricity demand in the United States that you certainly aren’t hearing from proponents of mega-debt projects north of the border.…
Nalcor negotiating Muskrat transmission with Hydro-Quebec
Nalcor is currently trying to strike a deal with Hydro-Quebec on wheeling power through the province to other markets Read all about it in the Toronto Star. Newfoundland and Quebec…
Muskrat Falls timelines “unlikely to be achieved”: external review
An external expert review of the Muskrat Falls project warned Nalcor and the provincial government that the project’s schedule is unrealistic, according to documents obtained by Canadian Press. As Canadian…
Harris Centre economic forum: the media coverage
The Telegram’s James Macleod had a decent front page summary of the Harris Centre’s discussion of economic issues facing the province and the subsequent discussion. The CBC has a super…
Nightmare on Muskrat Falls #nlpoli
The intrepid labradore takes yet another slice at the official government rationale for Muskrat Falls by showing the electricity rates Nalcor has been charging for the period 2005 to 2009.…
Williams ex-chief of staff lands at Muskrat project
Not surprisingly, Brian Crawley - Danny Williams’ former chief of staff - is now a manager with the Muskrat Falls project. Williams announced the project last November as a prelude…
Mythbusting: Not Kari, but still worth a look
labradore charts the total electricity output from Nalcor, less Churchill Falls, Menihek and a few other bits and pieces. Note that thermal generation – mostly Holyrood has been less than…
Dundernomics 101: All your toasters are belong to us
labradore does yet another fine job exposing the completely ludicrous claims of those backing Kathy Dunderdale’s Empire of Debt, doing business as the Muskrat Falls project. Specifically, labradore tackles the…
Well, she asked for one…
PREMIER DUNDERDALE: Mr. Speaker, if somebody can name a reason why this government would not want Kiewit to be successful in this contract earning thirty-five years of work for people…
Crude price forecasts don’t support Dunderdale’s empire of debt #nlpoli
Crude oil prices are the pedestal on which Kathy Dunderdale’s empire of debt called Muskrat Falls is built. The provincial Conservative’s plan to burden the people of Newfoundland and Labrador…
Muskrat Fails #nlpoli #cdnpoli
A new website tackles the disaster that is Muskrat Flls proposed by Premier Kathy Dunderdale. Amazing what you can do, if you want to. Predictable Update: In the CBC story…