BC Conservative Leader John Rustad has announced he wants to implement local power generation in northwest BC.
This is to help offset the increasing cost of energy in the region.
“The solution is to increase local power generation in the Northwest to bring down costs and increase energy security,” said Rustad.
“It’s not building costly power lines from the northeast that would raise costs for BC hydro customers across the province.”
The plan is to use wood waste and natural gas for electricity generation.
The BC Conservatives say this would also lead to lower natural gas bills in the region and boost the forestry industry.
“Ratepayers do not need to spend more on another boondoggle project by David Eby’s NDP in the form of unneeded power lines from the northeast. Instead, we’ll generate the power locally and save British Columbians millions in energy costs,” said Rustad.
This is part of the BC Conservative election campaign; voters go to the polls on October 19th.
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