To the editor:
There are those who claim BC Hydro doesn't need the electricity it is purchasing from independent power producers.
Well, I beg to differ. BC Hydro clearly isn't able produce enough electricity now from the aging dams it owns, let alone 10 years from now when demand will be even greater.
The time to prepare ourselves for the electricity demands of tomorrow is today. By developing the province's renewable energy resources today, we would be preparing ourselves for the future and creating good jobs.
By importing electricity from the United States and Alberta to meet growing demand in British Columbia, as BC Hydro appears to be planning to do, we would essentially be exporting jobs we could be creating in B.C.
Let's tap our renewable energy resources, keep good jobs in B.C., and be ready for the future.
Charles Davis
White Rock
