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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


In BCUC We Trust

Save Our IslandLeading the World through Vision

“May Sound Canadian Logic Prevail”


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.


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


Why?Why?

My FamilyOur PlanetA Personal Perspective

My FamilyOur PlanetA Personal Perspective


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


Possible DamagePossible Damage

My CommunityMy Family My Farm

My CommunityMy Family My Farm


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


HV Overhead Lines are Wrong HV Overhead Lines are Wrong

European ModelOCPEuropean ModelOCP


Islands TrustIslands Trust

Greenwoods Variance3 stories High

Greenwoods Variance3 stories High


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


Map of ImpactMap of Impact


BCTC Community Victim Impact Statement

BCTC Community Victim Impact Statement


nownowBCTC


BCTC Visual Damage BCTC Visual Damage

Pretty Bad, but Old Style Still BetterPretty Bad, but Old Style Still Better


BCTCBCTCafterafter


Visual ImpactsVisual Impacts


Overhead RisksOverhead Risks

Ice StormAircraftSeismicWinds

Ice StormAircraftSeismicWinds


RisksRisks

VadalismVadalism


Best OptionBest Option


RoutingRouting

Best Submarine - Away from the Islands Trust

Best Submarine - Away from the Islands Trust


TechnologyTechnology

HVDC LightFor both EMF and Visual ImpactsHVDC LightFor both EMF and Visual Impacts


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

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