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Posts tagged Zapped
Zapped May Be Good Politics, But It's a Bad Basis For Policy

“Zapped: A Review of BC Hydro’s Purchase of Power from Independent Power Producers”, is an independent review conducted for BC’s Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum Resource.  The Report reaches a number of conclusions.  Many of these determinations, however, rely on incorrect assumptions about both the amount of power that BC Hydro needs, and the real market costs of acquiring that power. 

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