Liquid Gold

"Introduction * The Provincial Government's Energy Privatization Agenda * How Did We Get Here? The Path to Privatization and Deregulation * BC's Growing Need for Electricity: Creating the Opportunity for Private Energy Developers * The High Costs of Existing Private Energy Contracts * Energy Purchases from the Private Sector Do Not Provide a Secure Supply of Energy for BC's Future Needs * The Downside of Relying on Privately Owned Generation Facilities to Supply BC's Future Energy Requirements: Alcan's Energy Export Agenda * Private Energy Projects Are Heavily Dependent on Government Subsidies and Government Assistance * The Water Licence Give-Away: Our Streams and Rivers are a ""Free Good"" * Wind Energy: Crown Land is Open for Business * The Negative Impacts of Private Power Projects on Local Communities * Developers Against Communities: The Dispute Between the Squamish-Lillooet Community and Ledcor * Developers against Communities: Cascade Falls (Christina Lake & Kettle Falls/Kettle Valley) and Seabreeze * Lack of Benefits to Local Communities from Private Energy Developments * Impact of Non-Resident Ownership of ""Green Energy"" Projects on Communities and First Nations * The Economic Impact of the Government's Energy Plan and Its Policy of Expanding Private Energy Production * Co-opting First Nations * Securing Municipal Co-operation * The Costs to BC Hydro: Destroying the Assets of BC's Most Valuable Crown Corporation * Index"