Cited "Energy Economist" starts work with a faulty assumption that BC will not need more electricity and will have access to infinite supplies of cheap imported electricity which runs exactly contrary to every major analysis of electricity demand under climate change #bcpoli
https://twitter.com/VaughnPalmer/status/1316013945941970957
His early line: "In the most likely case, Site C’s output will be surplus to needs in British Columbia." Gives the game away. Every major scenario involving transition to EVs/moving off natural gas for heating/hot water calls for a massive increase in electricity demand #bcpoli
Every major analysis of the US market shows a significant tightening of supply especially in places like California where the absence of dispatchables/storage results in massive swings in electricity availability/price. Look at the rolling black-outs this summer #bcpoli
It is fine to look at #SiteC and suggest that engineering faults etc... may result in cost overruns, but to base your arguments on a world where we do not transition off fossil fuels and electricity demand does not do up is simply unfathomable. #bcpoli
To pretend that BC will be able to simply dip into a vast and cheap market in the US given the actual predictions about the US market and our lack of robust interties is simply not consistent with what every other analysis is saying. #bcpoli
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