BC Hydro

FORSETH – Something hinky going on with announcement of Hydro rate cut

August 26, 2019 // 1 Comment

SO OUR PROVINCIAL NDP government has announced that we will be paying … less for electricity next spring if the BC Utilities Commission (BCUC) approves BC Hydro’s [Continue]

LETTER – Charging GST on BC Hydro’s crisis fund is example of a tax grab

April 17, 2019 // 2 Comments

Dear Mel, Re your commentary on Tax Grab. Here’s one maybe people don’t know about and I just realized today when reading my BC Hydro Bill. As part of our bill we [Continue]

McQUARRIE – We need to do something about the direction the Titanic is taking

March 3, 2019 // 3 Comments

YOUR COMMENTS ON my last column about day-care and taxation showed a unity of mind I wasn’t quite expecting. Yes, there was the expected, ‘Not my problem, not with my [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Taxpayers or ratepayers – who pays Hydro’s debt?

February 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

FOR DECADES, B.C. governments have hidden the true cost of BC Hydro rates — but especially the BC Liberals. Under the direction of the BC Liberals, the Crown utility used [Continue]

TRAVIS – Looking for an answer to a fairly straight-forward question

November 29, 2018 // 2 Comments

A BIT OF GOOD NEWS came out of Victoria this week, which could have easily been missed under the avalanche of bad news that was coming out of the capital. British Columbia is [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – New Hydro levy one more thing to raise our blood pressure

August 4, 2018 // 1 Comment

And why must cats walk in front of us, and why can’t stores put dates on receipts where can see them? OUR FIRST HYDRO bills with the new tax have arrived. The Customer [Continue]