tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post2405640737263444516..comments2023-10-25T07:29:40.789-02:30Comments on UNCLE GNARLEY: ARE YOU READY TO PAY TO POWER NOVA SCOTIA? Des Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02566013585647491614noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-2617914606413548192017-03-01T22:51:15.906-03:302017-03-01T22:51:15.906-03:30Thank you anonymous, if that's your real name,...Thank you anonymous, if that's your real name, for pointing this out. My point was Mr. Dumaresque not only criticized Nalcor and the project, and again I say rightfully so, he was also quite critical of the Williams administration for sanctioning this project.<br /><br />I have not yet heard, and I stand to be corrected, him be critical of the Ball administration for its' handling of the Nalcor/MF boondoggle.<br /><br /><br />I think Mr. Dumaresque, who I might add has done yoeman's service on the Nalcor/MF file, is more than capable of speaking for himself which is why I question the need for someone, hiding behind anonymity, felt the need to come to his aid.<br /><br />This project, as Mr. Dumaresque has clearly stated on a number of occasions, was a political one to which I absolutely agree. That being said the current liberal administration, I would argue, has done a poor job defending the need to carry on with this project given the precarious financial position of the province.<br /><br /><br />KeithAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09721388823914851275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-51334368542581654242017-03-01T21:41:43.594-03:302017-03-01T21:41:43.594-03:30Will update soon.Will update soon.Maurice Adamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-8424703201317715852017-03-01T20:43:05.179-03:302017-03-01T20:43:05.179-03:30On your blog Vision 2041, under the heading DEMAND...On your blog Vision 2041, under the heading DEMAND, and found under `Do we need the Power` You give the 10 year demand and energy use forecast and actual.......but it seems to only go to the year 2013........Maurice can you update this to the present if you have the data, and also the recent updated forecasts for the next few years. I often refer to your data and would appreciate if you can show this. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-19685088295080435192017-03-01T13:34:19.909-03:302017-03-01T13:34:19.909-03:30FYI ---- for 2016 total island load (energy use) w...FYI ---- for 2016 total island load (energy use) was down just over 1% and peak demand down 1.9% from year 2015Maurice Adamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-71659784970696284742017-03-01T13:24:24.526-03:302017-03-01T13:24:24.526-03:30It's not "Canada's" role to &quo...It's not "Canada's" role to "provide jobs" in any industry.<br /><br />Want to turn Canadian iron ore into steel in Canada? Open a steel mill. No one is stopping anyone from doing that.<br /><br />Juche isn't working in North Korea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-86192541822969119382017-03-01T12:46:21.647-03:302017-03-01T12:46:21.647-03:30Reducing rate shock by increasing prices for the t...Reducing rate shock by increasing prices for the transmission systems' before the next election won't fly too well for either PC nor Liberals "it's the PCs fault for starting MF in the first place" "Liberals continued the disastrous project" "NDP wanted the union jobs and stood on the Muskrat fence" <br />Pre MF rate increase can prove price elasticity (Nalcor's largest assumption that demand would forever go up) and that we DIDN'T require new generation, until much later by 2036. AChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06779383664665696092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-18427261308624325592017-03-01T12:12:53.995-03:302017-03-01T12:12:53.995-03:30You jest, of course.
Most of the steel mills of no...You jest, of course.<br />Most of the steel mills of note are in the Protection States of America. Atlantic Canada just not doing enough to provide jobs in secondary industries, utilizing our natural resources, (Crown Assets).Robert G Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356463540446993862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-81606325339267875452017-03-01T11:35:01.204-03:302017-03-01T11:35:01.204-03:30What's so wrong about shipping iron ore to ste...What's so wrong about shipping iron ore to steel mills? That's what iron ore is for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-2346881160917829152017-03-01T11:32:53.824-03:302017-03-01T11:32:53.824-03:30Speaking of negotiations with Quebec, can someone ...Speaking of negotiations with Quebec, can someone spill the beans as to what Danny and Kathy Dunderdale were offering Hydro-Quebec as terms to "develop" the so-called "lower Churchill" between about 2004 and 2009?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-91477195828060305602017-03-01T11:30:37.965-03:302017-03-01T11:30:37.965-03:30Just did a media scan at the library.
Danny Dumar...Just did a media scan at the library.<br /><br />Danny Dumaresque has been quoted or published by NL news media 55 times since the November 30, 2015 election, concerning Muskrat of Nalcor, with media hits in or on the airwaves of the CBC, NTV, Radio-Canada, VOCM, the Telegram, Northern Pen, Aurora, Beacon, Gulf News, Labradorian, Packet, Pilot, Southern Gazette, Western Star, and Advertiser. If Danny is now being "silent", he's not very good at it!<br /><br />That doesn't include phone-in show appeareances, social media, or other online sources, or newspapers and radio stations whose news isn't "scraped" by a major news database.<br /><br />Got anything else to complain about on false assumptions?<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-72038980608690318222017-03-01T11:17:05.059-03:302017-03-01T11:17:05.059-03:30Reading Hansard. Why is the Premier unable to give...Reading Hansard. Why is the Premier unable to give a straight answer to the Opposition Leader's question regarding ongoing negotiations with Quebec?Robert G Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356463540446993862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-63918544275246932022017-03-01T10:50:29.550-03:302017-03-01T10:50:29.550-03:30Spell check converted Donkin to Donnie. Too funnySpell check converted Donkin to Donnie. Too funnyRobert G Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356463540446993862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-41234650120834522262017-03-01T10:48:56.088-03:302017-03-01T10:48:56.088-03:30Sadly, Labrador iron is shipped raw to permit adde...Sadly, Labrador iron is shipped raw to permit added value, (steel making), benefits by foreign countries. Here in the Elk Valley, BC, millions of tonnes of met coal are also shipped raw to Asia, for the same added value loss. Donnie mine in Cape Breton is back into production of met coal. It too is for export. What happened to the Steel/coal complex planned for Sept Isle? Dealt away under NAFTA by a certain former IOC chair/PM? <br />Will the current Liberal MPs in Atlantic Canada and Quebec not get it together to develop our Natural Resources; Power, iron ore, coal, work force, ports and infrastructure, for Canadians, a la "making Canada great again"?Robert G Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356463540446993862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-22700351334089758662017-03-01T08:56:27.930-03:302017-03-01T08:56:27.930-03:30Although is seems unfair to NL ratepayers, as is e...Although is seems unfair to NL ratepayers, as is everything Muskrat, once transmission is complete to and through NL, Nalcor/Hydro may well be able to get approval for its cost to start going to NL ratepayers before the power facilities are operational. As I understand it, under present legislation rates for Muskrat power are to be set by the provincial cabinet based upon a take or pay contract with Hydro. The present government however have promised, for what that is worth, that the proceeds of the sale of export power will be used to help pay down the massive cost of the project in order to ameliorate rates. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-55715364092051831492017-03-01T08:40:30.398-03:302017-03-01T08:40:30.398-03:30Premier Dwight Ball has now said that he wants to ...Premier Dwight Ball has now said that he wants to await the auditor general's report into Nalcor before considering a public inquiry. This report is expected to be done by end of April. Based upon the result of the AG's report on the Ed Martin severance fiasco, the AG investigation of Nalcor is likely to be tantamount to useless and nothing more than further delay in the investigation of the greater fiasco that is Muskrat. It is surprising that Ball now has faith in the AG, given that he disagrees with the AG on the Martin severance conclusions. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-60388001079483137752017-02-28T14:49:32.377-03:302017-02-28T14:49:32.377-03:30The Trump effect: infrastructure projects and Amer...The Trump effect: infrastructure projects and American steel, which means Labrador iron ore. So does this mean burning more oil at Holyrood, or more costly still , diesel for the gas turbines there, as regular fuel is 10 cent cost but diesel is 29 cent cost.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-42523768036699933502017-02-28T14:01:37.112-03:302017-02-28T14:01:37.112-03:30More good news that the Alderon Kami project in La...More good news that the Alderon Kami project in Labrador West is back on the rails due to the recent increase in iron prices. The project description document says that they are close to reasonably priced electricity at approximately 5.6 cents per kilowatt hour and have a power purchase agreement already in place. Can't be Muskrat power, can it??!! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-26585966230051496982017-02-28T12:57:35.534-03:302017-02-28T12:57:35.534-03:30John Smith's full name is probably Danny John ...John Smith's full name is probably Danny John Smith.Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13071137366893117461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-6924623617999206202017-02-28T12:11:31.698-03:302017-02-28T12:11:31.698-03:30Today`s Tely has an excellent letter (A path not t...Today`s Tely has an excellent letter (A path not taken) as to the case that Ed Martin should have been fired with cause. Many incidents of incompetance is cited.<br /> Just one comment , from the troll John Smith, saying what a wonderful job Martin did, and what is the big deal if this increased from 1.1 to 1.8 billion. Seems this was originally a 5 billion that went to 11.7 and may go to 15 billion. Smith hope that Martin is on a island down south enjoying his millions and laughing at Vardy, Ball etc. And Sadly Martin probably is.<br /> With the changes for comments at the TELY , Smith seems almost the only one able to get posted, so he is possibly paid to get his 90 cent worth, where others cannot get 2 cents worth. It is said that Trump got in because main media excluded comments from disgruntled voters, while the far right permitted comments. Now the TELY mainly lets the trolls have their way. That Muskrat has just increased by .8 billion........an alternative fact by Smith (so rally a lie) that the Tely allows.<br />Winston Adams<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-27924201427902230462017-02-28T11:00:01.826-03:302017-02-28T11:00:01.826-03:30Tom Johnson, a lawyer, filed with the PUB under hi...Tom Johnson, a lawyer, filed with the PUB under his name. Brown, who I believe is also a lawyer, filed under what appears to be his partners name......why.....are we getting two for the price of one! Or more billing hours.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-37388810517613305072017-02-28T07:38:49.486-03:302017-02-28T07:38:49.486-03:30The present government has at least 2 ministers wh...The present government has at least 2 ministers who were members of the board of directors of Nalcor and gave direction to the continuation of the Muskrat fiasco. The present finance minister after leaving the board of directors wrote a long letter published in the evening telegram praising the project and the former ceo and his fellow incompetents. The present government changed the ceo who shifted the chairs on the management deck in a minor way. The present premier and chair of the board of directors are chair leaders for the new ceo, but not the project, but have done nothing in the way of a serious review of the project that anyone knows about. Its damn the torpedos and full speed ahead!!<br />The worst part of all this is that hundreds of civil servants have lost their jobs, and hundreds more to come perhaps, and largely because of bad decisions around this project by both the past and present governments and their failing teams!! And then there will come the electricity rate and/or tax increases to pay for all these mistakes! Where are the PUB and the consumer representative and the opposition parties? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-48848607427659252802017-02-27T22:45:56.007-03:302017-02-27T22:45:56.007-03:30Which Bill 23 and Session are you referring to Bru...Which Bill 23 and Session are you referring to Bruno?Robert G Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356463540446993862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-55213314239432843782017-02-27T18:59:07.976-03:302017-02-27T18:59:07.976-03:30This comment has been removed by the author.Bruno Marcocchiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08076165212559914463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-77640926709608210622017-02-27T18:13:40.673-03:302017-02-27T18:13:40.673-03:30Seriously, does anybody on this Blog not have enou...Seriously, does anybody on this Blog not have enough sway with an opposition Member to get some tangible information on Muskrat during Question Period?Robert G Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356463540446993862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-76241727794515776592017-02-27T16:11:44.147-03:302017-02-27T16:11:44.147-03:30Whoever did this could sure do a deal couldn't...Whoever did this could sure do a deal couldn't they??!! Nation building was it??!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com