Methylmercury and Muskrat Falls #nlpoli
Muskrat Falls has been the big issue in two successive elections. In 2011, the parties wanted to talk about the project, while voters didn’t. It never showed up in the…
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Scary words #nlpoli
From Newfoundland Power’s rate application to the Public Utilities Board. Uncertainty: The interconnection to the North American grid is a transformative event for the electrical system that currently serves the…
Consumer to pay 19.8 cents for electricity in 2020: Nalcor #nlpoli
Muskrat Falls will ensure consumers in Newfoundland and Labrador pay much higher electricity rates than they otherwise needed to pay. The latest Nalcor estimate is that consumers in the province…
Alternatives to the Falls #nlpoli
Since people are wondering if Muskrat Falls really is still the cheapest way to make electricity for local use, let’s take a look at it. The tale is actually very…
Consumer electricity costs to jump by 59% due to Muskrat Falls #nlpoli
The average consumer in Newfoundland and Labrador should expect to be paying 59% more for electricity compared to their current rates once Muskrat Falls comes online. A household that current…
Muskrat Falls commercial power by Q2 2019 ? #nlpoli
The latest progress report shows that Nalcor had a productive summer, but an extrapolation by the researcher and writer JM of information in the latest progress reports points to first…
Pride and Failure #nlpoli
‘”Pride is a big factor” a manager at Muskrat Falls told the Telegram’s James McLeod on Monday during the latest media junket to the Big Dig North. People come to…
New Englanders know you’re bullshitting ‘em, Paul #nlpoli
The New England governors and eastern Canadian premiers were in town on Monday for a quick meeting. The only thing that seemed to make local news was talk about electricity…
Always ready for a better tomorrow #nlpoli
Ontario and the faltering Conservative administration in Newfoundland and Labrador are talking about the possibility of developing Gull Island to supply Ontario with renewable energy. CBC’s online story on Monday…
That’s gotta suck, big time #nlpoli
All the country’s provincial and territorial leaders – except for Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia – are in Newfoundland and Labrador this week for their annual conference. What an opportunity for…
Confidence Builder #nlpoli
The public utilities board asked Liberty Consulting to review Hydro’s decisions in 11 projects. Hydro is looking for a rate increase. The board wanted to make sure the increase was…
Way behind schedule #nlpoli
The reports you will likely read in the conventional media all peg the Muskrat Falls project as behind schedule. That’s what the latest project update from the provincial government and…
The Persistence of False Information: free electricity version #nlpoli
An exchange on Twitter reminded your humble e-scribbler on Wednesday evening of the power of false information to persist despite either being disproven or, in this case, being an obvious…
Owing it forward #nlpoli
The provincial government will balance its books this year by borrowing $2.1 billion. Lots of people don’t know that, as Michael Caine would say. The government included in its budget…
A legacy of secrecy and bad deals #nlpoli
In response to questioning in the House of Assembly last Tuesday and Wednesday, natural resources Minister Derrick Dalley confirmed that the provincial government is in secret talks with Norwegian oil…
Nova Scotia won’t get Muskrat Falls electricity #nlpoli
As part of its deal with Nalcor, Emera will get its electricity from Bay d’Espoir, not Muskrat Falls. The Business Post’s March 2015 edition reported that confirmation of the arrangement…
Gil Bennett: fact checker #nlpoli
Gil Bennett, Nalcor vice-president in charge of the Lower Churchill project, took some exceptions to comments in yesterdays posts on Muskrat Falls and electricity prices. Rather than go back and…
Nalcor: the power of hubris #nlpoli
On the last electricity bill to arrive Chez Scribbler, the price per kilowatt hour was a little over 11 cents, all in. On Wednesday, Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro applied to…
Comparative Hydro Costs #nlpoli
Konrad Yakabuski’ s column in the Monday Globe is an interesting one for people in Newfoundland and Labrador for a couple of reasons. ‘ First of all, Yakabuski pointed out…
Muskrat Falls more than $8.3 billion: Nalcor #nlpoli
Prompted by Wednesday’s post on Muskrat Falls costs, a couple of readers drew your humble e-scribbler’s attention to a tidy little briefing note posted on the Nalcor website. It’s not…