CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
The head of Newfoundland and Labrador's energy corporation, Nalcor, says he isn't discouraged by Quebec's public rejection of a request to reopen the Upper Churchill Falls hydroelectric power contract.
The Sir Robert Bond Papers (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Quebec natural resources minister and deputy premier Nathalie Normadeau says Hydro Quebec isn’t interested in renegotiating the 1969 Churchill Falls power contract. Okay, so like no one saw that coming . And it’s not like Danny Williams can blame anyone in this province for feeding sooper sekrit information to the bad guys in Quebec. He just said that to avoid...
The Sir Robert Bond Papers (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
... his administration without redress for the 1969 Churchill Falls contract. He rejected a joint Hydro Quebec/Ontario Hydro/SNC Lavalin proposal to develop the Lower Churchill in partnership with Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro. Williams gave away what he himself described in 2002 as leverage. That part was reported by the conventional media. Then Williams went a step further....
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Provincial police are investigating a break-in at a Hydro-Québec installation near Baie-Comeau that has left one man hospitalized with severe burns.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Newfoundland and Labrador's energy corporation is asking Hydro-Québec to renegotiate the Upper Churchill contract.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Newfoundland and Labrador's energy corporation wants Hydro-Québec to renegotiate the Upper Churchill contract.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham has fired back at the premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, saying he should stop engaging in "cheap publicity stunts" to try to stop the sale of NB Power to Hydro-Québec.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
New Brunswick is giving up unprecedented control of its regulatory authority under a proposed deal between NB Power and Hydro-Québec, an independent analysis of the memorandum of understanding has concluded.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
The premiers of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland are pressing New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham for a transmission deal before the proposed sale of NB Power to Hydro-Québec.
The Sir Robert Bond Papers (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
... consider that after three years of invoicing on top of the 37 that went before, the high-priced Quebec gag writers then conceived of the equally einsteinian thought that the whole thing could be cleared up by writing a nice letter to Hydro-Quebec noting that the contract was unfair and should be reworked. Now let us not forget, of course ,that the whole basis of this grievance...
The Sir Robert Bond Papers (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
For those who might be interested in these things, here’s the 1969 power contract between Hydro-Quebec and Churchill Falls(Labrador) Corporation in pdf format. -srbp-
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
FORT COLLINS, CO (MARKET WIRE) Woodward Governor Company (NASDAQ: WGOV) today announced that it signed a contract with REpower Systems AG to supply wind turbine power converters for five projects in the Canadian province of Quebec under the Hydro-Quebec Distribution wind power project.
Toronto Sun - News (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
A would-be thief is in critical condition after getting electrocuted while trying to snatch copper wires from a Hydro-Quebec distribution station.
Leftnews.org (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
“The New Brunswick government has been promoting a savings of $1,400 for electric heat residential customers during the first five years of its deal to sell NB Power to Hydro-Québec. A new government leaflet being distributed in mailboxes across the province promoting the sale also suggests savings in that range for people who heat with electricity. [...]
The Sir Robert Bond Papers (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
... column on Friday showed about the province’s demographic issues. Viewed from St. John's, the Hydro-Québec offer is part of a decades-long effort to prevent Newfoundland from being the principal beneficiary of Labrador's huge hydro potential. If N.B. Power falls into Hydro-Québec's hands, then the massive Quebec utility will geographically encircle...
