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The Sir Robert Bond Papers: Dunderstan #nlpoli
In January 2012, Ed Martin and his nasally drone ridiculed the idea of shifting demand for electricity from one part of the day to another so that his company wouldn’t have a problem meeting spikes in demand during the winter. He dismissed the idea as “theoretical” even though it’s widely
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Crises within crises #nlpoli
The action of the Soviet Union, Winston Churchill once said, “is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.” Some people in Newfoundland and Labrador likely felt that way after Day Three of Kathy Dunderdale’s one woman crusade to deny that the province is experiencing a crisis. Most people
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: A tale of two crises #nlpoli
Kathy Dunderdale did two major interviews on the first working day since the start of the Nalcor generation crisis. One was with registered Nalcor lobbyist Tim Powers (# 777504-14002) who is currently holding down a guest spot hosting on VOCM. The whole interview is actually online at vocm.com. The second
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The Great Blizzard/Blackout 2014 #nlpoli
Some observations: 1. Yep. It’s a crisis. When you have a major utility cutting electricity to people in a blizzard at random, for random periods of time because it cannot supply enough electricity to meet demand, you have a crisis. That’s what it feels like to the people in it.
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