‘That will have to change if B.C. is to pursue its CleanBC plans,’ says head of Clean Energy B.C.
Updated: February 14, 2019
The wheels are coming off and Big Green isn’t happy~ctm
Dozens of solar, wind and run-of-river power projects have been indefinitely suspended by the provincial government in an effort to manage the cost of electricity from independent power producers.
“That will have to change if B.C. is to pursue its CleanBC plans,” said Jae Mather, executive director of Clean Energy B.C. By turning its back on alternative energy, B.C. is missing the opportunity to make electricity cheaper for consumers, he added.
REALLY NOT HAPPY.
“The price of wind and solar is the lowest of any form of electricity generated on the planet right now,” he said in an interview.
The provincial government’s CleanBC plan calls for a massive program of electrification of homes, industry and transportation with aggressive greenhouse-gas reduction targets set for 2030.
By 2040, every car sold in B.C. is to be zero emission, while every home is to be net-zero energy ready by 2032.
“We will need more renewable energy if we are going to meet those goals for electrification,” said Mather. “Electrifying industries like liquid natural gas could require the power of two Site C dams.”
A second phase of CleanBC with even deeper reduction targets is expected to roll out this year and next.
Also, or probably due to.
Adding to the gloom, a report released Wednesday found that B.C. Hydro is overpaying for power in contracts it has already signed with independent power producers. As a result, customers are paying $200 a year more than they should be, the report said.
HT/Patrick H
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This province hasn’t been able to deliver on a number of its promises regarding Green energy and carbon pricing. When the latter was introduced about a dozen years ago, the government claimed it would reduce provincial emissions by 33% by 2020. The reality is that the reduction is currently a mere 2.1%. It also promised the carbon tax would begin at $15/tonne and rise no higher than $30; in fact, it’s now 35$ and scheduled to reach $50 in another two years. It was also supposed to be revenue-neutral except it never came close from the outset, and now the new NDP-Green coalition government has quietly removed that feature entirely. So anyone can see the government never intended to or couldn’t keep its promises here from Day 1. As a result , why would anyone believe anything it’s saying now, especially when it comes to Green reliability of wind and solar power?
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Interesting analysis of the BC Hydro financial fiasco. Lots of political interference…
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Les Leyne: Hands on, then hands off, over and over
Loads of economic analyses were delivered this week about B.C. Hydro’s plight to support the NDP government’s contention it has to act to avert disaster.
But this storyline has played out so often over the years, you have to wonder if there is some deep-seated psychological reason why taxpayers have to keep reliving the same crisis over and over again.
https://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/columnists/les-leyne-hands-on-then-hands-off-over-and-over-1.23636464
Not sure what you call it, but it sure made an impression on me, when I saw such a release close up.
Owen you say: “revenues gained by the actual electricity SOLD on the open market. If the electricity is produced at the wrong time, it can not be sold.” Not exactly.
The renewable generator has “grid priority” and is paid the “retail price”. The utility company has to take the renewable “power” even if they can’t use it. They can pay an interconnected utility to take it or shut down their non-renewable generation. Quite the partnership corrupt government officials have put together with rent seeking “investors” to milk willfully un-informed voters. If renewable “power” had to be sold “on the open market” there wouldn’t be any wind/solar power”. it’s worth-less-than-nothing junk. Germany and Denmark have proven it…the two biggest “power dumper’s” in the world.