BC Creek Protection Society

By Marjorie Griffin Cohen

Big changes are planned for B.C.s electricity transmission system. The
most startling is that the B.C. government is planning to give away the operation
and control of the system to a U.S. body, RTO West. This action will result in
higher rates, greater environmental damage, and the expansion of the system to
meet U.S., rather than B.C. needs.

Read more (link to ashlu.info):
High Tension

By Marjorie Griffin Cohen
This paper is a critique of the BC Energy Plan’s proposals for changing the provision of electricity in BC. The BC government claims that the changes to BC Hydro under the new energy plan are relatively minor. They are nothing of the sort. The changes will radically and irrevocably change the nature of BC Hydro and critically undermine its strength as a public provider of electricity.

Read more (link to ashlu.info):
Gutting a Power House

Read the Official Policy of the Squamish Lillooet Regional District on Independant Power Projects.

SLRD on IPPs

Read Proffessor John Calvert’s article on the Fiscal Legacy of Independant Power Projects (link to ashlu.info):

The Legacy of Private Power

Please read the CBC artical about the opposition to the Glacier Howser projects:
CBC article

Learn more about problems related to the implementaion of the Small Hydro projects in British Columbia.

• Watershed Watch Salmon Society Article (PDF)

This is a great introduction to Run-of-River Hydropower.


• BC CPS Pamphlet (PDF)
• Hydro Map illustrates the scale of the proposed development in BC (external link to IPP Watch)
• BC CPS online petition (link to independent petition site gopetition.com)
• Rivers at Risk
• River Ecosystem Threat
• 49 Megawatts (Video 50 mb) a documentary about the building of the Ashlu Creek project under Bill 30
• The last drop a documentary that follows 5 kayakers down the endangered Memekay River and looks at small hydro issues in BC through interviews.

Please consider supporting the BC Creek Protection Society through your Membership. You can

• Download the PDF Membership Form
• Register Online

Please also consider signing the online petition:

• BC CPS petiton (link to gopetition.com)

Donations account information:
Coast Capital Savings
3911-354

There will be a presentation by the BCCPS at Uvic on Thursday, April 5 at 7pm in McKinnon room 150. This presentation is intended to create an awareness of the society and the threats facing BC streams. Anyone and everyone is welcome. Admission is free.

This Thursday February 8th, will be our Society’s First River Impacts Seminar.

We are pleased to announce that Arthur Caldicott will be presenting to us and kicking off a discussion. Mr. Caldicott has recently published an article on Run-of-River impacts in BC. This can be found below or by clicking here.

This session will be a good introduction to the issues surrounding rivers and the power system in BC so it will be useful for those who would like to learn more about the topic.

Location: University of Victoria Cornett B355a
Time: 5:30pm to 7:30
Who is Welcome: Anyone who is interested in issues surrounding threats to rivers

We will see you there and bring a few $ to contribute to food.

The memorial fund that was established by the request of Jeff Stang’s family grew to over $6,500 after the memorial service on February 3.

Thank you to everyone for your generous support. Specifically thank you to the Victoria Fire Department for their contribution of $2000.

Interesting article in the Watershed Sentinel Article.

short version

long version

I was also happy to read that this was as well posted on the BCSEA List server since this is the first critical statement from their side regarding run of the river projects.

Here is the article in the Georgia Strait that I wanted to post a long time ago.

Flogging Our Water

As part of the new category on accumulating micro hydro related information: This is a link to the article that Lisa Richardson wrote back in August 2004. It has some intersting points and gives the Mamquam River as an example for a high impact system. (The Mamquam River in Squamish has 2 small hydro projects—25 and 50 MWH, which is pretty big—and 7 other, smaller projects in its watershed).
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BC Creek Protection Society

info at bc-creeks dot org

4145 Borden Street

Victoria, BC, V8X 2G6

Canada

Tel: (250) 384 4236

Please consider supporting the BC Creek Protection Society through your Membership. You can

• Download the PDF Membership Form
• Register Online

Donations account information:
Coast Capital Savings
3911-354

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• BC Regulations

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IPP WATCH

The Google Earth map composed by Craig WIlliams can download be downleaded. There is also very easy to use online map. The maps will give a detailed, easy to understand, overview of water licenses and the proposed hydro development in British Columbia.

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