by The Honourable A. Brian Peckford
peckford42.wordpress.com
July 26, 2024
Propane Being Used In British Columbia To Power Its Electricity Charging Stations ! Is This True?
Yep!
You got that right.
Richard Mason a former BC Utility Commission Board member reports on his website ‘ just and reasonable ‘ that this is really true:
“On April 30, 2024 the BCUC granted BC Hydro, BC’s largest electrical utility, a certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN) to build four “off-grid” public electric vehicle (EV) charging stations powered by propane generators.
The sites are on Highway 97, approximately 113 km west of Fort Nelson, and on Highway 37, approximately 153 km north of Stewart.
BC Hydro considered some alternatives to propane generation, such as solar and batteries in combination, but rejected them because of inadequate sun exposure and low winter temperatures.
The investment is in support of the government’s CleanBC Roadmap to 2030 to complete “BC’s Electric Highway by ensuring broad geographic coverage across the Province for fast-charger EV sites by Summer 2024” and the government’s zero-emission EV targets set out in the Zero-Emission Vehicles Act.
Construction is expected to begin in May 2024, and the stations should be open to the public by September 2024, meeting the government’s timeline for “implementing geographic connectivity across the province.”
This demonstrates once again just how crazy our Governments have become.
Gotta keep your green promise even if it isn’t green —-???????
