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December 2006
BC Utilities Commission Hearings on
BC Hydro's Integrated Electricity Plan
The BC Sustainable Energy Association, the Sierra Club of
Canada - BC Chapter, and the Peace Valley Enviroment Association
are currently in BC Utilities Commission (BCUC) hearings on
BC Hydro's 2006 Integrated Electricity Plan (IEP).
At the hearings, we are advocating for more Demand Side
Management (DSM) expenditures and more ambitious DSM targets.
We are also promoting and highlighting our evidence that BC
Hydro should not be assessing its $3/MWh price premium for
hourly firm energy (i.e. not wind energy) because BC Hydro's
reservoir system has plenty of buffering capacity for the
intemittency of wind, and there is no effective cost to BC
Hydro, at least for the amounts of wind we're talking about
now.
Here you can review the evidence of our expert witnesses:
Plunkett, from Vermont, and Fagan, from Massachussetts, are
attending the hearings to present this evidence.
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PDF,
960kb) on DSM