Privatization/Deregulation

This Blog posting elaborates on the eighth issue identified in Rex's first submission: the destruction of BC's public utility through legislation that seeks to privatize the province's electricity sector, bankrupting BC Hydro in the process. 

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www.geoffmeggs.ca
Vancouver City Councillor
4 August 2010
Geoff Meggs

When the BC Utilities Commission ruled earlier this year that Terasen could walk away from its longstanding billing service agreement with Accenture, it was another nail in the coffin of the BC Liberals privatization plans for BC Hydro.

This blog posting elaborates on the third issue that is exposed in the first edition of REXpert Opinions, namely: what a bad dead the BC Energy Act is for the residents of this province: economically, socially, and environmentally.

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Source: Vancouver Sun
Page:
Date: Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Byline: Scott Simpson 

An unprecedented 60-year electricity purchase agreement between BC Hydro and AltaGas Income Trust has prompted some critics to decry the secrecy surrounding a $700-million run-of-river hydro project in northwest British Columbia.

This blog posting is a powerful expose of the corruption associated with BC's energy policy to privatize the province's electricity assets and wild rivers and destroy BC's Crown utility. 

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Cleaning Out BC’s Hydro Assets 
By John Calvert 

From CCPA's Policy Note (www.policynote.ca)

Dr. Marvin Shaffer, is Adjunct Professor in the Public Policy Masters Program at Simon Fraser University and principal author of Lost in Transmission.

The Clean Energy Act – adding insult to injury
April 29th, 2010 ·

Source: Vancouver Sun
Page: C7
Date: Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Byline: Scott Simpson

It’s called the Clean Energy Act but the politics around it will be messy.

Source: Vancouver Sun
Page: C5
Date: Saturday, April 24, 2010