Read this article from the Globe and Mail, revealing the fact that Site C and other big power projects in BC are really about supplying highly subsidized electricity for shale gas and coal mine development.
“The industrial megaprojects that provide the backbone of Premier
Christy Clark’s jobs plan will require a huge increase in British
Columbia’s electricity capacity – the equivalent of nearly three new
Site C dams. BC Hydro, in the midst of a cost-cutting exercise
after the Premier demanded the Crown corporation rein in rate increases,
is now under orders to ensure enough energy for three new liquefied
natural gas plants and eight new mines.” (Oct. 11, 2011)