BC's Energy Shortfall

In 2004, BC Hydro released its Integrated Electricity Plan (IEP) for acquiring the electricity resources necessary to ensure BC Hydro can meet its obligation as a publicly owned utility to provide reliable, least cost electricity sufficient to meet anticipated customer demand.

The plan, which has a twenty-year outlook, focuses on enhancing environmental and social responsibility with a voluntary 50 per cent Clean Energy target.

In March 2006, BC Hydro released its updated IEP with a goal to return British Columbia to being self-sufficient in energy production, as opposed to a net importer, and to continue to provide a secure supply of energy.

Continue reading “IPP's - Why Are They So Important?”

While not discussing the Ashlu Creek Green Power Project directly, the following article in the April 2006 BCBusiness Magazine describes the dilemma facing British Columbians. As we grow we have become reliant on costly, imported power from non-green producers.

“But instead of cheap power, fresh private-sector cash and cleaner energy, critics say the beleaguered utility is misfiring in all directions – casting a dark cloud over a booming provincial economy dangerously addicted to cheap energy.”

Follow the link below to continue reading "Living on Borrowed Power" on the BCBusiness website.

Vancouver Sun -- Thursday, March 30, 2006

BC Hydro was finally able to release its long-term electricity plan Wednesday, four months after the provincial government forced the giant utility to pull back and rework it.

Continue reading “Is a power shortage looming? Let's talk about it for a while”

Vancouver Sun -- Thursday, March 30, 2006

BC Hydro threw open the doors Wednesday to public debate about a radical reshaping of the province's electricity mix by acknowledging that a coal-fired generation plant could be on the horizon.

Continue reading “Electricity gap threat to B.C. energy future”