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Plans for Renewable Energy - Spin and Lies for a Global Energy Grid

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by Joyce Nelson

The people of BC have been told repeatedly that the province is a "net importer" of electricity and needs to become "self-sufficient" - claims that are used to justify everything from "run of river" independent power producers (IPPs), to energy mega-projects such as Bute Inlet and the Site C dam. But a US electricity expert told me that California has been "buying a tremendous amount of power from BC over the past decade."

What's Wrong with the Wireless Smart Meter

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Quote: The reason for smart meters is to sell smart meters, and then smart appliances.

An excerpt from Joyce Nelson's upcoming article, "High Voltage: Spin and Lies of a Global Energy Grid," in the upcoming September/October Watershed Sentinel. 

 "The truth is that smart meters aren't exactly necessary for a smart grid," stated Forbes (Feb. 1, 2011), "but for technical and economic reasons, they're here to stay."  

 Just what those technical and economic reasons are,

BC Energy Forecast and Supplies 2009

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BC Energy Plan 2009by Delores Broten

BC Hydro forecasts BC electricity requirements to go up to between 68,000 and 82,000 gigawatt hours (gwh) by 2025. This is up 35% from 51,000 gwh in 2006 - an increase of at least 17,000 gwh.

Sounds like we are going to need a lot more power in BC, but BC Hydro's Powersmart people say that BC can

Run of River - Hydroelectric Projects in BC Create New Gold Rush

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by Arthur Caldicott

Since 2000, BC Hydro has received dozens of small hydroelec­tric generation proposals. Fourteen are now producing elec­tricity. BC Hydro has signed Electricity Purchase Agreements (EPAs) with about sixty of them, totaling nearly 1500 megawatts (MW) of generating capacity, about an eighth of all provincial gen­eration. And there are many more proposals to come.

The largest small hydro plant in service so far is Rutherford Creek, just south of Pemberton, capable of generating 50 MW. The largest project is Plutonic's East Toba River and Montrose Creek Hy­droelectric Project, consisting of two interconnected hydro plants totalling 196 MW.

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