... of the river” power projects. The cost implications caused the B.C. Utilities Commission (BCUC) to reject the inclusion of the subsidies in BC Hydro’s rates. The provincial government has vowed ... to safeguard the public interest. What about the reliability of green power? An interesting aspect of the BCUC’s to decision reject the green power plan was the need to retain a standby ...

... interest, here is the Vancouver Sun's story on the announcement. As its press release indicates, BC Hydro intends to award EPA's in December and then plans to file the agreements with the BCUC in early 2010 for final approval pursuant to Section 71 of the BC Utilities Commission Act.   The Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources summed up these next ...

... hours that Burrard Thermal produces per year. In the meantime, BC Hydro has entered into 20 and 30 year Energy Purchase Agreements to buy energy from such little known  companies as the Brilliant Expansion Power Corporation, Mercer International and ROR Power, to name a few. Just after this announcement from the BCUC, Bob Elton was forced to resign as the head of BC Hydro, a crown corporation.