ENERGY FUTURES IN THE NEWS

2025/04/01 - EV rebates under review as B.C. looks to offset cost of removing carbon tax - CBC News

2025/03/31 - Electric Vehicles Update - Reevaluating EV Sales Targets To Balance Markets And Consumer Choice - Yahoo Finance

2025/03/18 - Energy expert on BC Hydro’s rate hike - Global TV

2025/03/07 - Complacency behind B.C. reliance on U.S. power: Former environment minister - The Northern View

2025/02/11 - B.C. snowpack levels below average raising drought possibility - Global TV

2025/02/07 - Guest column: BC is already importing significant levels of electricity - Prince George Citizen

2025/02/06 - Fast-tracked wind projects raise questions over transparency, oversight - BIV

2025/01/30 - Barry Penner: An upside-down world: The Importance of keeping U.S.-Canada relations on an even keel - Vancouver Sun

2025/01/27 - Power Play: Should B.C. Use Electricity in Trade Disputes? - CFAX 107 with Ryan Price

2025/01/14 - Barry Penner discusses the Federal EV rebate pause and its impacts - CKNW The Mike Smyth Show

2024/11/28 - BC Hydro imported a quarter of the province’s power in the last 12 months  - Global TV

2024/11/27 - Barry Penner discusses BC's transition challenges and electricity shortages with Mike Smyth. - CKNW The Mike Smyth Show

2024/11/26 - Barry Penner Discusses Concerns Around Vancouver's Proposed Natural Gas Ban with Jas Johal - CKNW The Jas Johal Show

2024/11/14 - Former Environment Minister and Chair of the Energy Futures Institute responds to report into LNG expansion - CBC On The Coast

2024/10/02 - Opinion: Yes, electric vehicles really do require more electricity  - BIV

2024/09/02 - B.C. Hydro can't deliver the electricity required to meet province's climate goals: critic - Vancouver Sun

2024/07/23 - Fortescue's green hydrogen project in Prince George getting back-burnered - BIV

2024/06/20 - B.C. needs new energy plan amid supply concerns, former minister says - Global News

2024/02/18 - B.C. backs hydrogen despite concerns about electricity supply shortage - The Globe and Mail

2024/01/22 - British Columbia boosts power plan but electrifying LNG proving big challenge - Reuters

2024/01/19 - Barry Penner: Meeting tomorrow’s energy needs demands action now - BIV

2024/01/18 - Australia’s Fortescue touts hydrogen plans in B.C. despite limited hydroelectricity supply - The

                     Globe and Mail 

2024/01/18 - After year of record-breaking imports, BC Hydro rolls out new spending plan - The Globe and

                     Mail 

2024/01/17 - What is Possible for BC’s Energy Future? – Margareta Dovgal - Energy Now

2024/01/15 - B.C. electrical grid inadequate as province ends use of natural gas for power: report - True 

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2024/01/12 - 'A wake-up call': alarm raised over B.C. electrical grid amid plans for natural gas heating ban -

                     Castanet

2024/01/10 - B.C.’s energy supply can’t meet demand for power: report - Global TV

2023/12/20 - Barry Penner on Mike Smyth