David Vardy and Ron Penney are well-known
names in this Province, both having served in a number of senior public positions. Prior to his retirement David Vardy served as
Chair, Public Utilities Board. Ron Penney most recently served as Chief
Commissioner and City Solicitor, City of St. John’s.
Equally, they will be recognized for
their continuing role as critics of the Muskrat Falls project.
Uncle Gnarley Blog has obtained a copy of a Brief
Vardy and Penney just submitted to the Public Utilities Board. The PUB is about to enter into the
second phase of Hearings which are part of the Supply Issues and Power Outages Review for the Island Interconnected
System called by the Provincial Government last year, following several
days of Island-wide power outages.
Among other
issues, the Brief draws attention to the conclusions of the Liberty Report and,
as Vardy and Penney describe, the “damming criticism” of NL Hydro resulting from the degradation of the Province’s hydro assets.
