Manitoba Hydroelectric System Planning, Operations, Project Assessment and US Exports
Conawapa Generating Station (1990, 1992)
On behalf of a coalition of citizens’, conservation and environmental groups:
- Filed expert evidence in the 1992 Conawapa Project Environmental Assessment concerning:
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- the need for environmental reviews to evaluate the justification of design alternatives to the 1290 MW Conawapa hydro project
- a description of the changes in the utility industry and new supply source options affecting the design alternatives included in an environmental review
- a review of the treatment of the project justification in North American environmental assessments.
- Filed expert evidence before the Manitoba Public Utilities Board in the context of the 1990 Manitoba Hydro Submission for the Conawapa generating station, which included:
- a review of the Manitoba Hydro submission; a review of Manitoba Hydro load forecasting; an estimation of economic and attainable conservation potential; development of principles of conservation program design and delivery; a critique of the utility’s proposed demand-side management program, an evaluation of supply-side alternatives and analysis of avoided costs; an assessment of employment and economic development effects of hydroelectric development and conservation; and an analysis of profitability and risks of the proposed power sales contracts.