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BCTC - VITR / Sea Breeze - VIC
Do the Right ThingDo the Right Thing
Town Hall Meeting
Salt Spring Island January 7, 2006ArtSpringBritish Columbia Transmission Corporation -Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity Application for the Vancouver Island Transmission Reinforcement ~ Project No. 3698395 Sea Breeze Pacific Regional Transmission System, Inc. for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for Vancouver Island Cable Project
BCTC - VITR / Sea Breeze - VIC
In BCUC We Trust
Save Our IslandLeading the World through Vision
“May Sound Canadian Logic Prevail”
BCTC - VITR / Sea Breeze - VIC
In BCUC We Trust
Utilities Commission ActGeneral supervision of public utilities 23
(1) The commission has general supervision of all public utilities and may make orders about (a) equipment, (b) appliances, (c) safety devices, (d) extension of works or systems, (e) filing of rate
schedules, (f) reporting, and (g) other matters it considers necessary or advisable for (i) the safety, convenience or service of the public, or (ii) the proper carrying out of this Act or of a
contract, charter or franchise involving use of public property or rights. (2) Subject to this Act, the commission may make regulations requiring a public utility to conduct
its operations in a way that does not unnecessarily interfere with, or cause unnecessary damage or inconvenience to, the public.
BCTC - VITR / Sea Breeze - VIC
What?What?
From the Layman’s PerspectiveTsawassen Resident 7 years, White Rock 11 years, Salt Spring 6 years
BCTC - This is Wrong!!Don’t Pass the Buck to Environmental ProcessOpportunity for Positive Change
From the Layman’s PerspectiveTsawassen Resident 7 years, White Rock 11 years, Salt Spring 6 years
BCTC - This is Wrong!!Don’t Pass the Buck to Environmental ProcessOpportunity for Positive Change
BCTC - VITR / Sea Breeze - VIC
Why?Why?
My FamilyOur PlanetA Personal Perspective
My FamilyOur PlanetA Personal Perspective
BCTC - VITR / Sea Breeze - VIC
Why?Why?Does Vancouver Island need more power?What’s the Rush?Conservation efforts lacking.
PowerSmart
Where are the Smart MetersWhere is the Alternate PowerThe New Industrial Age is here
generation TransmissionVisionaryInnovative
Does Vancouver Island need more power?What’s the Rush?Conservation efforts lacking.
PowerSmart
Where are the Smart MetersWhere is the Alternate PowerThe New Industrial Age is here
generation TransmissionVisionaryInnovative
BCTC - VITR / Sea Breeze - VIC
Possible DamagePossible Damage
My CommunityMy Family My Farm
My CommunityMy Family My Farm
BCTC - VITR / Sea Breeze - VIC
What we HaveWhat we Have
Process bent out of shapeNew Split in HydroBCUC’s Decision to Correct it
Process bent out of shapeNew Split in HydroBCUC’s Decision to Correct it
BCTC - VITR / Sea Breeze - VIC
HV Overhead Lines are Wrong HV Overhead Lines are Wrong
European ModelOCPEuropean ModelOCP
BCTC - VITR / Sea Breeze - VIC
Islands TrustIslands Trust
Greenwoods Variance3 stories High
Greenwoods Variance3 stories High
BCTC - VITR / Sea Breeze - VIC
Driftwood LetterDriftwood LetterPower to the People?
Our island is so beautiful that sometimes I have to pinch myself to check if I am dreaming. The pinch reminds me that our island faces an overwhelming number of threats to her future health. One of the most critical we are facing today is the British Columbia Transmission Corporation (BCTC) Vancouver Island Transmission Reinforcement Project (VITRP).
BCTC is planning to replace the equipment that is at the end of its lifespan with much larger transmission lines (and poles) through the center of Salt Spring Island for operation in 2008. The power transmitted over the new lines will be over a billion watts, twenty three times more power than transmitted over the existing lines. While we need to get power to the “big island”, this option is completely inappropriate to deliver these projected power needs.
There are a number of concerns with this proposal. Some of these are aesthetics, electro-magnetic pollution, social and economic conditions, property depreciations, tourism impacts, noise, environmental issues, and fire risk.
While this proposal affects the whole island, the businesses and residents that will suffer the most are within 350 meters from the centre of the right-of-way. This includes uptown Ganges; the Hospital, RCMP, Greenwoods, commercial properties, a campground, the Bowling Alley, daycare, Brinkworthy, the Legion etc.
Our Official Community Plan is clearly against this kind of development. “B.C. Hydro is asked not to increase the current flow in its transmission lines that cross Salt Spring Island…” (Section C.5.1). Our CRD and Trust officials are on our side, but against such a huge corporation, this has not been enough.
We want a win-win solution. There are alternatives that must be explored; re-routing the line to an all-submarine route, for example.
There is hope. This year, Markam Ontario defeated Hydro One and Delta had the BCTC change the VITR plans for their portion of the right-of-way. Surely our islands can do the same?
What can we do to stand up to this corporate giant who stands to make billions off of our defaced and endangered community? Please visit www.IRAHVOL.org. Sign the petition. Write some letters to your MLA, Premier and MP. Do whatever you can, this project will impact generations for 60 years.
I don’t want to pinch myself again in 2008 and find that I am in a living nightmare.
John WakefieldUpper Ganges Road April 26. 2005
Power to the People?
Our island is so beautiful that sometimes I have to pinch myself to check if I am dreaming. The pinch reminds me that our island faces an overwhelming number of threats to her future health. One of the most critical we are facing today is the British Columbia Transmission Corporation (BCTC) Vancouver Island Transmission Reinforcement Project (VITRP).
BCTC is planning to replace the equipment that is at the end of its lifespan with much larger transmission lines (and poles) through the center of Salt Spring Island for operation in 2008. The power transmitted over the new lines will be over a billion watts, twenty three times more power than transmitted over the existing lines. While we need to get power to the “big island”, this option is completely inappropriate to deliver these projected power needs.
There are a number of concerns with this proposal. Some of these are aesthetics, electro-magnetic pollution, social and economic conditions, property depreciations, tourism impacts, noise, environmental issues, and fire risk.
While this proposal affects the whole island, the businesses and residents that will suffer the most are within 350 meters from the centre of the right-of-way. This includes uptown Ganges; the Hospital, RCMP, Greenwoods, commercial properties, a campground, the Bowling Alley, daycare, Brinkworthy, the Legion etc.
Our Official Community Plan is clearly against this kind of development. “B.C. Hydro is asked not to increase the current flow in its transmission lines that cross Salt Spring Island…” (Section C.5.1). Our CRD and Trust officials are on our side, but against such a huge corporation, this has not been enough.
We want a win-win solution. There are alternatives that must be explored; re-routing the line to an all-submarine route, for example.
There is hope. This year, Markam Ontario defeated Hydro One and Delta had the BCTC change the VITR plans for their portion of the right-of-way. Surely our islands can do the same?
What can we do to stand up to this corporate giant who stands to make billions off of our defaced and endangered community? Please visit www.IRAHVOL.org. Sign the petition. Write some letters to your MLA, Premier and MP. Do whatever you can, this project will impact generations for 60 years.
I don’t want to pinch myself again in 2008 and find that I am in a living nightmare.
John WakefieldUpper Ganges Road April 26. 2005
BCTC - VITR / Sea Breeze - VIC
BCTC Community Victim Impact Statement
BCTC Community Victim Impact Statement
BCTC - VITR / Sea Breeze - VIC
BCTC Visual Damage BCTC Visual Damage
Pretty Bad, but Old Style Still BetterPretty Bad, but Old Style Still Better
BCTC - VITR / Sea Breeze - VIC
Overhead RisksOverhead Risks
Ice StormAircraftSeismicWinds
Ice StormAircraftSeismicWinds
BCTC - VITR / Sea Breeze - VIC
RoutingRouting
Best Submarine - Away from the Islands Trust
Best Submarine - Away from the Islands Trust
BCTC - VITR / Sea Breeze - VIC
TechnologyTechnology
HVDC LightFor both EMF and Visual ImpactsHVDC LightFor both EMF and Visual Impacts
BCTC - VITR / Sea Breeze - VIC
What to DoWhat to Do
Precautionary PrincipleFull Cost AccountingThink of the Big Picture
Do the Right Thing"The only real valuable thing is intuition."
Albert Einstein
Precautionary PrincipleFull Cost AccountingThink of the Big Picture
Do the Right Thing"The only real valuable thing is intuition."
Albert Einstein