Site C Not a genuinely ‘clean’ source of energy

  Northeast News BC Hydro’s estimate is that the Site C reservoir “could contribute between 70,000 and 140,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per year for approximately the first 10 years” (Feasibility Review, p. 6-47).  We need to wake up and stop pretending that Site C would provide clean energy; that it’s an exception to [...]

‘Much confusion, little transparency’ from Hydro

Northeast News The statement that BC was a net importer of electricity in 2006 is in direct contradiction with BC Hydro’s Annual Report for that year, which states that BC Hydro, through Powerex, exported more energy than it imported. Exports apparently make up 29,906 GWh, and imports make up 28,405 GWh. (BC Hydro’s Annual Report [...]

Damn if we do, damn if we don’t

Does B.C. need Site C? by the OminecaExpress.com The main reason for looking at the massive, $5 billion to $6.6 billion dam is to provide the province with additional “firm” power capacity. Firm capacity, as opposed to intermittent capacity, is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week — whether the sun is shining, the [...]

Hydro’s censorship tactics intolerable, says reader

Northeast News Let’s step back a moment to look at the big picture. Here we have a Crown corporation (whose board of directors is hand-picked by the BC Cabinet) being mandated by that government to pursue the twice-killed Site C project. This company has been charged with the duty of ‘consulting’ with the public and [...]

Use of Site C meeting photos, film restricted

Northeast News BC Hydro is refusing to allow public to use photos or film from its Site C public consultation meetings, the Northeast News has learned…. “The Site C team’s need to control what they twice announced at the beginning of the May 8 stakeholders’ meeting as a ‘public meeting’ is an overt attempt to [...]