Interesting article/opinion piece in part written by the former chair of the Manitoba Utilities board. Not sure where to put it but it covers the NDP's push for "green" energy so I put it here.
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How Manitoba’s ‘green’ power dream became a nightmare of runaway costs
Graham Lane and Tom Adams, Special to Financial Post | April 14, 2016 3:30 PM ET
Since the early 2000s, Manitoba’s NDP government has committed the province’s power system to expand and profit from the fight against global warming. With the federal government now developing a national energy plan with the same objectives — and Manitoba’s NDP fighting for re-election on Tuesday — there’s no better time to take stock of the provincial government’s efforts over the last 15 years.
And the results so far are clear: power sold at a loss to U.S. buyers, calls for federal subsidies, new debts and losses for Manitoba Hydro, a less-diversified power supply, and expensive rate hikes forecast to keep rising for the next 20 years. The few winners have been contractors and construction unions and some northern First Nations.
Full article:
http://business.financialpost.com/fp...-runaway-costs