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Media Release/Communiqué
For Immediate Release: May 18, 2006
BCSEA asks Premier Campbell
to set aside Bill 30
Victoria, BC-The BC Sustainable Energy Association (BCSEA)
has written to BC premier Gordon Campbell to ask that amendments
to the Utilities Commission Act be set aside until further
discussion can take place between affected parties.
"We believe Bill 30 may prove more harmful than beneficial
to responsible projects by causing overall harm to the public
perception of green power projects," said BCSEA director
Naomi Devine.
Writing in support of a City of Victoria resolution, also
endorsed by a majority of the 220 members of the Union of
BC Municipalities, the BCSEA warned that the removal of local
authority over zoning of independent power projects will lead
to mistrust.
This bill passed third reading in the Legislature earlier
this week as Bill 30 - Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act
No. 2, but has yet to receive royal assent.
"Considerable public concern has been expressed about
the content and the process by which this bill has arrived
at this stage," said BCSEA director Geza Vamos. "The
government should put this bill on hold and return to discussions
with the UBCM, citizens groups and the public to get this
important legislation right."
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Attachement: Letter to Premier Campbell ( PDF
98kb)
For more information contact:
Naomi Devine: 250-220-3594
Geza Vamos: 604-731-2915
Taylor Zeeg: 604-892-9457
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