Locked out workers question gas plant’s safety
Brian Kieran, Campbell River Mirror, November 06, 2012Locked out employees of Campbell River’s Island Generation Plant say BC Hydro should be alarmed about potential safety issues at the natural...
View ArticleRockslide damages power project
Laura Walz, Powell River Peak, December 19, 2012Montrose plant may be offline until springA large rockslide has damaged the 88-megawatt Montrose hydroelectric facility in the Toba Valley.read more
View ArticleAlterra Power and Fiera Axium Infrastructure Announce Partnership in Toba...
News Release, Alterra & Fiera Axium, December 12 2012VANCOUVER - Alterra Power Corp. (TSX: AXY) and Fiera Axium Infrastructure are pleased to announce that they are now partners at the 235 MW Toba...
View ArticleBC issues investigative licences for waterpower projects
Laura Walz, Powell River Peak, January 30, 2013Alterra receives 20 for Bute Inlet and five for Toba InletBC’s government has issued over two dozen investigative licences to Alterra Power Corporation...
View ArticleThe Rise of Independent Power Producers, Explained
Colleen Kimmett, TheTyee.ca, April 30 2013They split the enviro vote in 2009, but can they still spark trouble across the province? read more
View ArticleB.C. power producers have high number of compliance issues
Canadian Press, Globe and Mail, May 2 2013Internal government documents show a startling number of compliance issues with British Columbia’s independent power producers and say the province does not...
View ArticleCourt rules hydro project can proceed without environmental assessment
Vivian Luk, The Canadian Press, Globe and Mail, May 17 2013Vancouver — The B.C. Supreme Court has ruled that a hydro-electric development in northeastern B.C. should be allowed to proceed without an...
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Deep Cove father takes on Kiewit after son’s death
Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News, May 23 2013On a rainy February afternoon in 2009, Sam Fitzpatrick was crushed to death when a boulder more than 1.5 metres in diameter tumbled downhill through his...
View ArticlePrivate hydro plants fall short on monitoring
Larry Pynn, Vancouver Sun, June 17, 2013Only seven of B.C's 22 projects documented everything required, says federal fisheries reportread more
View ArticleHarmac begins pumping power into B.C. Hydro electrical grid
Robert Barron, Nanamio Daily News, August 19, 2013 The Harmac pulp mill has begun feeding power from its new $45-million electrical generation plant to B.C. Hydro, creating a second major revenue...
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