Manitoba Hydroelectric System Planning, Operations, Project Assessment and US Exports
Wuskatim Generating Station and Transmission Project (1999-2005)
On behalf of the Pimicikamak Cree Nation (PCN):
- Evaluated Manitoba Hydro system planning, environmental review, and disclosure relating to the Churchill-Nelson hydro project
- Assessed the environmental and other impacts from existing hydro and the proposed 200 MW Wuskwatim hydro project
- Analyzed the need for comprehensive assessment of the entire Churchill-Nelson project (existing, proposed, and future)
- Reviewed precedents regarding comprehensive assessment of existing major hydro projects
- Submitted comments to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission on Northern States Power’s supply requirements in relation to Manitoba energy exports from Wuskatim.
Conawapa Generating Station (1990, 1992)
On behalf of a coalition of citizens’, conservation and environmental groups:
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Filed expert evidence in the 1992 Conawapa Project Environmental Assessment concerning:
- 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.
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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.
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