As construction spending on Canada’s largest green energy project — the 824 MW Muskrat Falls hydro-electric project in Labrador undertaken by the provincial government’s energy agency Nalcor — continues, the profoundly harmful character of the project is becoming increasingly obvious. Here are four recent sources updating different aspects of the project that help to explain …
Here is a column from today’s National Post discussing the changing of the guard at Nalcor in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Here is my column in today’s National Post challenging the government of Newfoundland & Labrador to clean up its wasteful energy resource practices.
I was a guest of Paddy Daly’s on his show Back Talk (2-4 pm Newfoundland Island Time) on the VOCM radio network on April 16. We discussed the Labrador power and transmission megaproject proposed for Muskrat Falls on the Lower Churchill River. I recapped the reasons for my concern that Nalcor has overestimated the useful production …
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Here is a podcast of my CBC interview in St. John’s this morning.
Attached are the presentation slides of David Vardy to the Rotary Club of St. John’s, Newfoundland from March 22, 2012. Mr. Vardy has been a leading independent analysis of the Muskrat Falls project proposal. He has held a variety of senior positions at the Deputy Minister level in the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, including President of the …
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The government of Newfoundland and Labrador is hell-bent on committing the province to build the Muskrat Falls generating station on the Churchill River in Labrador and a transmission system interconnecting Labrador to the island of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. At a forecast capital cost that works out to over $9,700 for every man, woman and …
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Here are proposed interrogatories I submitted February 23rd to the Consumer Advocate, Mr. Thomas Johnson LLB of the firm O’Dea Earle designated by the Newfoundland and Labrador Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities. The PUB is conducting a review of the proposal from the Crown energy corporation Nalcor to develop a hydro-electric facility in Labrador.
In a report issued earlier today, Manitoba Hydro International (MHI) reviewed Nalcor’s proposal to build the Muskrat Falls generating station in Labrador and transmit the power to the island of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. A key element of MHI report reviewed Nalcor’s energy production estimate for the project. MHI endorse Nalcor’s estimated output from Muskrat …
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Dear Mr. Martin, Yesterday you wrote to me, starting your letter with the following: Your blog displays a clear lack of understanding of the Lower Churchill Project, including the Muskrat Falls Development. I’m compelled to correct the statements made by you, and request the prompt apology you said you would make if your arguments were …
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