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Deconstructing Hydro: The BC Electricity Sector in This Decade

A follow-up to Jaccard’s 1992 article, this piece examines the role of BC Hydro in providing electricity provincially and internationally. Includes brief mention of the development of Columbia Basin Trust.

“The intent of this article is to repeat the speculative exercise of a decade ago. Change has continued unabated in the electricity industry. […] This article argues the plausibility of a very different outcome from that envisioned int he BC Hydro IEP. It looks at why, and makes predictions as to how, BC Hydro is likely to be profoundly transformed, indeed dismantled, over the coming decade. It begins with a section explaining the cause and effects of major change in the worldwide electricity industry. This is followed by a section reviewing what BC Hydro did in the 1990s while all this change was occurring. It proceeds to describe what BC Hydro intends to do in the next decade and explores the reasons why, given the strength of worldwide technology and market structure trends, this outcome is unlikely. The final section provides an alternative vision of BC Hydro’s future over the next decade.” (Taken from introduction)

Author: Jaccard, Mark
Publisher: BC Studies
Date: 2001

http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/bcstudies/article/view/1561/1604