Enbridge pipeline
Posted: Nov 11th, 2012, 2:30 pm
Looks like BC hydro rate payers will be subsidizing Enbridge if this pipe line goes through.That is ,your hydro bill will be going up even more.
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Dr. Josette Wier’s request to subpoena Mr. Doug Little, Vice-president of BC Hydro to answer questions regarding the supply of electricity to the project, was turned down by the Joint Review Panel (JRP) last week.
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One of the tasks of the JRP is to assess whether the Enbridge pipeline proposal is in the national interest. As such, Enbridge was asked to conduct a cost-benefit analysis. However, in that analysis, there is no mention of the cost to British Columbians for the supply of electricity to the proposed pipeline. In response to Ms. Wier’s request for this consideration, the JRP responded, “Electricity pricing and the construction and operation of power lines would be subject to provincial assessment processes and regulation and therefore are beyond the Panel’s mandate.“ Thus it is clear that they refuse to address this significant issue.
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According to calculations from BC-based independent economists, ratepayers in British Columbia, as well as shareholders and debt guarantors of BC Hydro will be subsidizing the private interests of the Enbridge proposal by at least $50-70 million per year. The calculation of this subsidy is based on the rate currently charged to industrial consumers versus the estimated cost to build new electrical generating facilities, which is about double that rate, and includes the proposed Site C Dam and other independent power projects.
The Joint Review Panel denied the subpoena on October 12, 2012. The decision can be viewed here;
File OF-Fac-Oil-N304-2010-01 01 12 October 2012
Ms. Josette Wier 4259 McCabe Road Smithers, BC V0J 2N7
Northern Gateway Pipelines Inc. (Northern Gateway) Application for the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project (Project) Notice of Motion no. 12 filed by Ms. Josette Wier to subpoena Mr. Doug Little, Vice President of BC Hydro Ruling no. 117
Dear Ms. Wier:
By motion dated 24 September 2012, Ms. Josette Wier requested that the Joint Review Panel (Panel) subpoena Mr. Doug Little, Vice President of BC Hydro, to answer her questions regarding the cost to BC Hydro for providing electricity to the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline and how this cost would be recovered by the utility. The focus of the questions would be to determine whether any of those costs would fall on taxpayers or British Columbia ratepayers. If her questioning reveals that increased costs may fall on taxpayers or BC ratepayers, she argues that they should be included in the cost benefit analysis of the Project.
In her Notice of Motion #3 dated 9 January 2012, Ms. Wier asked the Panel to require BC Hydro to provide the same type of information. Specifically she requested that the Panel direct BC Hydro to provide an analysis of the electrical demand and consumption of the Northern Gateway project into order to determine, among other things, if the rates charged by BC Hydro would lead to losses that would need to be recovered from customers through higher rates.
On 23 February 2012, the Panel denied Motion #3 and stated:
Electricity pricing and the construction and operation of power lines would be subject to provincial assessment processes and regulation and therefore are beyond the Panel’s mandate. The Panel is satisfied that Northern Gateway has provided sufficient information regarding the electrical power requirements for the Project for this stage of the application review.
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Dr. Josette Wier’s request to subpoena Mr. Doug Little, Vice-president of BC Hydro to answer questions regarding the supply of electricity to the project, was turned down by the Joint Review Panel (JRP) last week.
Snip;
One of the tasks of the JRP is to assess whether the Enbridge pipeline proposal is in the national interest. As such, Enbridge was asked to conduct a cost-benefit analysis. However, in that analysis, there is no mention of the cost to British Columbians for the supply of electricity to the proposed pipeline. In response to Ms. Wier’s request for this consideration, the JRP responded, “Electricity pricing and the construction and operation of power lines would be subject to provincial assessment processes and regulation and therefore are beyond the Panel’s mandate.“ Thus it is clear that they refuse to address this significant issue.
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According to calculations from BC-based independent economists, ratepayers in British Columbia, as well as shareholders and debt guarantors of BC Hydro will be subsidizing the private interests of the Enbridge proposal by at least $50-70 million per year. The calculation of this subsidy is based on the rate currently charged to industrial consumers versus the estimated cost to build new electrical generating facilities, which is about double that rate, and includes the proposed Site C Dam and other independent power projects.
The Joint Review Panel denied the subpoena on October 12, 2012. The decision can be viewed here;
File OF-Fac-Oil-N304-2010-01 01 12 October 2012
Ms. Josette Wier 4259 McCabe Road Smithers, BC V0J 2N7
Northern Gateway Pipelines Inc. (Northern Gateway) Application for the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project (Project) Notice of Motion no. 12 filed by Ms. Josette Wier to subpoena Mr. Doug Little, Vice President of BC Hydro Ruling no. 117
Dear Ms. Wier:
By motion dated 24 September 2012, Ms. Josette Wier requested that the Joint Review Panel (Panel) subpoena Mr. Doug Little, Vice President of BC Hydro, to answer her questions regarding the cost to BC Hydro for providing electricity to the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline and how this cost would be recovered by the utility. The focus of the questions would be to determine whether any of those costs would fall on taxpayers or British Columbia ratepayers. If her questioning reveals that increased costs may fall on taxpayers or BC ratepayers, she argues that they should be included in the cost benefit analysis of the Project.
In her Notice of Motion #3 dated 9 January 2012, Ms. Wier asked the Panel to require BC Hydro to provide the same type of information. Specifically she requested that the Panel direct BC Hydro to provide an analysis of the electrical demand and consumption of the Northern Gateway project into order to determine, among other things, if the rates charged by BC Hydro would lead to losses that would need to be recovered from customers through higher rates.
On 23 February 2012, the Panel denied Motion #3 and stated:
Electricity pricing and the construction and operation of power lines would be subject to provincial assessment processes and regulation and therefore are beyond the Panel’s mandate. The Panel is satisfied that Northern Gateway has provided sufficient information regarding the electrical power requirements for the Project for this stage of the application review.
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