(VANCOUVER)
BC Hydro customers can expect their electricity bills to escalate
dramatically in coming years, thanks to the provincial government’s
energy policy. It bans BC Hydro from developing new power generation,
instead forcing the Crown Corporation to buy more and more energy from
high-cost private developers -- at prices far higher than those of
other options.
“Our electricity bills are going to be hiked, but
the citizens of BC won’t get any new assets or long-term energy