Les Leyne: We're nearing the bottom of B.C. Hydro's bag of tricks to keep rates low (Times Colonist)
There may or may not be parades and jubilation when the “electricity affordability credit” starts showing up seven months before the October provincial election, BC United MLA Mike de Jong noted on Tuesday (sardonically). It amounts to about $100 for one year only — 25 cents a day — so they won’t be long parades. And a quiet cabinet order signed a few weeks ago to do with how rate hikes are tied to inflation further dampens the excitement about the one-off credit. De Jong asked Energy Minister Josie Osborne about it in the legislature and got nowhere. She dwelled on the credit instead . . . . CLICK HERE for the full story