The Export Question: Designing Policy for British Columbia Electricity Trade
Date:
Tuesday, February 1, 2011 (All day) 
Source:
The Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions 
When it brought in its Clean Energy Act in 2010, the Government of British Columbia (BC) included as a provincial energy policy objective the promotion of electricity exports from clean or renewable sources.
The government sees electricity exports as being both a significant means of economic development for BC and an opportunity to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in importing jurisdictions. Critics of the revised policy, however, are concerned about the environmental and social impacts of developing new a energy supply for export, and question the economic rationale for a net export policy.
Related Campaigns: