Will BC Hydro still argue that the energy from Site C will

flow to British Columbians?

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By Laila
This morning in BC Supreme Court, lawyers for BC Hydro will argue their application for an injunction against not
only the Site C land stewards camped peacefully at history Rocky Mountain Fort, but also against the unnamed
John Doe and Jane Doe.
Meeting them, will be supporters of the Site C land stewards and landowners named in the suit, including David
Suzuki and Grand Chief Steward Philip. http://commonsensecanadian.ca/EVENTS-detail/suzuki-phillip-leadsupport-peace-valley-land-defenders-hydro-seeks-injunction/
The rally is scheduled for 9:30 with both men taking questions from the media at that time.
Ill be very interested to see the argument BC Hydro uses, particularly since a prior argument used in court last
August, was that the energy from Site C would flow to British Columbians, who would benefit:

The clearing and other work that will be done on the south bank will not by any reasonable or
objective measure cause serious or irreparable harm to the exercise of the applicants treaty rights.
The project is in the public interest because the dams power will flow to British Columbians, he said.
BC Hydro has said the dam is expected increase its energy supply by eight per cent, enough to
generate electricity for about 450,000 homes annually.

I guess the BC government forgot about this critical argument used by BC Hydro repeatedly, because the throne
speech mentioned selling hydro power to Alberta

The throne speech also reconfirmed government support for the Site C dam project and showed the
province is attempting to set itself up as a clean energy superpower.
The government wants to work with Alberta to reduce reliance on heavy pollutants like coal.
Its proposal calls for the replacement of carbon-producing, coal-fired plants with LNG or
by supplying hydroelectricity power to Alberta.

This was confirmed by BC Energy minister in an article by Rob Shaw where Adrian Dix calls out Bennetts claims
: http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/talks+sell+electricity+alberta/11714144/story.html?__lsa=f89f-58f3

B.C. NDP critic Adrian Dix said the B.C. government is flailing around trying to find a way to make
money on the unnecessary surplus power it will generate by building the $9-billion Site C dam.
BC Hydros domestic demand is dropping and its estimates for power consumption over the next 20
years, used to justify Site Cs construction, are far off, said Dix.

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Now they are running around after the fact and trying to find markets to shore up their declining
business case for Site C, he said.

Kind of really does negate BC Hydros earlier claim to the Supreme court in August of 2015, that the dams power will
flow to British Columbians, doesnt it?
One would hope the Supreme Court would question and challenge the continuously changing claims of both BC
Hydro and the BC government. Heaven knows someone has to.

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