The following article comes from the archives of the Daily Commercial News and Construction Record dated Nov. 9, 2004.
$282M B.C. power plant to be built by private sector
B.C. Hydro has announced that
Duke Point Power Ltd., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Macquarie Essential
Assets, Pristine Power and a group of
private investors, is the successful bidder
in the call for proposals to provide
Vancouver Island with a new source of
electricity.
Nanaimo Mayor Gary Korpan called
approval of Duke Point Power’s proposal
great news.
“It ensures a stable, secure electrical
supply for Vancouver Island,” he said.
“We’ve had brownouts twice in the last
two winters and three years ago we had
rolling blackouts. Our economic development
plans aren’t worth the paper
they’re printed on if we don’t have
power.”
The economic impact on Nanaimo
will be significant, with 200 jobs created
during construction, not to mention
services sold to the construction crews.
The plant itself will provide 15-20
local jobs when it’s running.
I don't recall exactly who led what charge to kill this bit of 'good news' for Nanaimo but I suspect it is the same crowd that is mostly opposed to pretty much everything except coffee shops and art galleries.The same bunch that is against led signs and other forms of visual pollution.
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