Chuck DeVore, California State Assemblyman, chuckdevore.com, August 14, 2010

California and the International Green Energy Racket

Rebecca Lindall, Globe and Mail, July 29, 2010

David Parkins for the Globe and Mail

Will the Clean Energy Act clear the way for British Columbia to become a significant exporter of clean energy?

By Marvin Shaffer, Vancouver Sun, June 14, 2010

New legislation to force energy 'self-sufficiency' on BC Hydro flies under the radar as the hated HST garners public attention

While the HST has captured all the attention, the province's passage of the Clean Energy Act in the recent legislative session is a far more serious matter.

MARK JACCARD, Vancouver Sun, June 4, 2010

British Columbia's proposed clean energy act has triggered extreme statements pro and con.

"Great, because our elected representatives are taking responsibility for electricity policy."

"Disastrous, because it reduces utilities commission control over BC Hydro."

Justine Hunter, Globe and Mail, June 01, 2010

Liberal MLA voices opposition to – and says he will vote against – certain parts of the proposed bill

The B.C. government’s proposed Clean Energy Act – a centrepiece of the legislative agenda this year – is flawed and unrealistic, says a government backbench MLA.

Editorial, Vancouver Sun, May 13, 2010

Responsible governance demands that when voters are going to hold the government politically accountable for the actions of an agency that provides a public service, whether it is ferries, health or utilities, the government needs to have the levers in place to exercise some political direction over that organization.

Brian Lewis, The Province, May 06, 2010

Silly me. If it hadn't happened right before my eyes, I'd have sworn there's no such thing as the Divine Right of Premiers.

Tom Fletcher, BC Local News, Victoria News, May 04, 2010

VICTORIA – As the B.C. government was unveiling its new Clean Energy Act last week, a brown stain bloomed in the Gulf of Mexico, visible from outer space.

By Scott Simpson, Vancouver Sun, April 30, 2010

Committee supportive of Clean Energy Act

BC Hydro's major industrial customers are happy, finally, about the way the provincial government will structure its plan to develop export electricity inhouse markets for renewable power.

By Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun, April 29, 2010

B.C. Liberals seize control of all major decisions about projects and pricing

-Portrait of a power grab.

Premier Gordon Campbell and his B.C. Liberals came into office in 2001 promising to restore regulation of electricity rates in B.C. by a fully independent B.C. Utilities Commission.

By John Calvert, 29 April 2010

Marvin Shaffer, CCPA Policy Note, April 29, 2010

I don’t follow the provincial legislature closely enough to judge whether the proposed Clean Energy Act is the worst legislation the Liberals have introduced since first being elected, but it has to be a front runner.

George Hoberg, GreenPolicyProf, April 29th, 2010

David Shreck, StrategicThoughts.com, April 28, 2010

Justine Hunter, Globe and Mail, April 28, 2010

Victoria — The British Columbia government has sidelined its independent energy regulator in a bid to shape the province’s green electricity future.

Scott Simpson, Vancouver Sun, with files from Jonathan Fowlie, April 29, 2010

Clean Energy Act calls for smart meters, power exports

VANCOUVER — The B.C. Liberals have introduced a new Clean Energy Act that puts unprecedented pressure on BC Hydro customers to cut their consumption of electricity.

By Tom Fletcher, BC Local News, Victoria News, April 28, 2010

VICTORIA – The B.C. government has embarked on an overhaul of energy legislation that bundles its two electricity utilities into one, and excludes 10 major projects from scrutiny by the B.C. Utilities Commission.

BC Clean Energy Act Bill 17-2010

Backgrounders and Fact Sheets

News Release, Office of the Premier, April 28, 2010

NEW ACT POWERS B.C. FORWARD WITH CLEAN ENERGY AND JOBS