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Plugged In Email Newsletter: May 2006
Posted October 31st, 20061. Overview
BC Citizens for Public Power has been involved in a number of activities during the past month. The following is a list of the events that BCCCP has either sponsored directly or provided speakers to concerning electricity privatization issues.
Plugged In Email Newsletter: May 2005
Posted May 11th, 2005In this issue:
1. Will BC Hydro still be in power after this provincial election?
2. The fight for BC’s largest water resource: Kitimat versus Alcan
3. Privatizing BC Hydro will undermine our secure supply of electricity
4. Energy Tips
5. Two ways to make a donation and cut costs
6. Letters to the Premier -- Responses Coming Soon
Plugged In Email Newsletter: May 2005
Posted May 2nd, 2005In this Issue:
1. Standing up for public power in the BC Election
2. Powerex Legal Battle Heats Up
3. Class Action Update
4. Tell two people to tell two people!
Standing up for public power in the BC election
Plugged In E-mail Newsletter | January 2005
Posted January 10th, 2005In this issue:
1. Coalition Calls for a Moratorium on All Independent Power Projects in BC
2. Alcan wins on a technicality
3. Send an email to your MLA
4. Public Power Policies
5. Resources for the grassroots organizer
6. BC Citizens for Public Power hire new staff
Plugged In Email Newsletter: November 2004
Posted November 1st, 2004In this issue:
1. Victory at the BC Utilities Commission!
2. We still need your help to keep up the fight!
3. BC Citizens for Public Power Gets Stronger!
4. BC Liberal Government Announces Private Power Expansion
5. Duke Point Plant Needs Public Hearing
BC Hydro Revenue Requirements Application
Posted September 12th, 2004Plugged In Email Newsletter: August 2004
Posted August 1st, 2004
1. Class action lawsuit certification delayed
2. Is your privacy another cost of BC Hydro privatization?
3. BC Hydro executive gets on board with coal company
4. Privatization gone wrong - Accenture in the hot seat in Ontario
5. BC Utilities Commission hearings to set new transmission rules
Polling on BC Hydro and our electricity System
Posted October 1st, 2003British Columbians Oppose Accenture / BC Hydro Deal
A poll conducted in October 2002 showed that a majority of British Columbians oppose the privatization of one-third of BC Hydro operations and jobs by turning part of the Crown corporation over to the Bermuda-based consulting firm Accenture.
10 Reasons Why Privatizing Electricity and Breaking up BC Hydro is a Bad Deal for British Columbians
Posted September 1st, 20031. Higher rates for consumers and businesses. BC Hydro electricity rates are going up next year, Energy and Mines Minister Richard Neufeld has confirmed, after 10 years of frozen rates that saved consumers millions and helped create jobs. But will the rate increases ever stop? Not with the privatization of electricity.