No time for research - just venting

posted on lower your pants and bend over:

to raymond. I like your comments. I come here for basically the reasons you give. And I pick up some great info here and there.

Yes, Lepreau and Mactaquac should produce the same billions in profits over the next 25 years. replacement costs for Lepreau are 16 million a month. Page 68 here: http://www.nbpower.com/html/en/about/publications/EngCombined.pdf

Ultimately, I would think that would turn into about the same profit after Lepreau is back up and running.
16m/month x 12 months x 25 yrs = 4.8B without inflation tacked on.

Rate payers will be payng the same costs under the terms of the MOU with HQ as they are now. HQ is definitely not going to buy NB Power and then pass infrastructure costs onto quebec customers while nb ratepayers get a rate freeze. That would be just silly, wouldn't it James from NB gov. So if Mactaquac needs rebuilding, then the costs will be rolled into the rates. No different than any other business. HQ does it now. NB Power does it now. Just that HQ will have the option to say the don't want or need the dam, give some reason ludicrous reason why they don't, replace it with power from northern quebec and stick NB taxpayers with the bill to decommision it while they dump 2 billion into a project in Quebec. At least if NB Power was to rebuild it, it would create construction jobs in the province, and employ many people for another 100 years after.

And To Linda Keirstead : Go girl, you always have great posts.


Anyway, back to reality. If anyone want some heavy reading, try out the New Brunswick system operator website media section.

http://www.nbso.ca/public/en/pm/news/news.aspx

They have agreat colection of reports commisioned to determine the future direction of power supply and demand in the province. These are long comprehensive reports, unlike what you'll find on your government one sided websites. Seems demand will start to creep up again as soon as the five year rate freeze is over. Apparently NB has 5000 MW of wind power potential. Greater than all capacity in the province now. Another 340 MW of small hydro potential. About 1/2 of the Mactaquac capacity. The say wind potential is apparently good for 1 to 2 billion annually to the province.