British Columbia's rivers are among our greatest public assets, immeasurable in aesthetic and environmental value and worth billions in terms of potential power generation. Yet the BC government is transferring ownership rights for more than 500 spectacular wilderness sites to private power projects for less than $5000 -$10,000!
These independent 'Run-of-River' projects sound green, minimally consequential and environmentally sound. In fact, their combined impact will be massive. More insidious, these private power projects are being built on BC rivers to generate energy BC does not need. Many have been bought by large corporations who will be able to sell them to foreign interests. These private producers will sell electricity back to BC Hydro (now banned by the BC government from generating any new power) at much higher prices than we currently pay!
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