Media reports, political comments, and pundit opinions are wrong about the decision last week by the Quebec Court of Appeal in a case about the renewal clause of the 1969 Power Contract between Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation and Hydro-Quebec. The Court decision leaves Hydro-Quebec with virtually all of the electricity
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The Sir Robert Bond Papers: Water Rights, Muskrat Falls, and the Muskrat Falls Disaster #nlpoli
Forget everything else that you know about Muskrat Falls.The entire project hinged on Nalcor’s ability to control water flows on the Churchill River. Nalcor’s internal assessments showed that without the ability to control water flows, Nalcor’s L…
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With the House of Assembly open again, the major topic of Question Period was Muskrat Falls and the second version of the deal to ship power to Nova Scotia. Premier Kathy Dunderdale explained it on Monday in terms of firm and “non-firm”. Firm power is what you know that the
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The Mystical Lords of Mu’skr’at Fa’alls #nlpoli
The water management controversy flared briefly at the end of last week thanks to Geoff Meeker’s blog at the Telegram and a couple of interviews by the 2041 Group and Nalcor’s Gil Bennett. This is one of those issues where a lot of people either tune out early on because
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