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Newfoundland and Labrador senator says Quebec energy deal needs independent review
A Newfoundland and Labrador senator urges an independent review amid concerns Hydro-Quebec could gain 40% ownership of the new Gull Island power plant.
- David Wells, Conservative senator for Newfoundland and Labrador, joined calls for an independent review of the Churchill Falls memorandum of understanding with Quebec amid public confusion over the draft energy deal between Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro and Hydro-Quebec.
- The MOU would give Hydro-Quebec 40 per cent ownership of a proposed Gull Island plant, and Wells says the public doesn't fully understand the tentative deal.
- The MOU would sell power at 5.9 cents per kilowatt hour, up from 0.2 cents, and increase output on the Churchill River by nearly 4,000 megawatts; Hydro-Quebec would lead an expansion and Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro would own 60 per cent of Gull Island generating station.
- Progressive Conservative leader Tony Wakeham and NDP leader Jim Dinn called for an independent review, while Liberal leader and incumbent premier John Hogan defended the deal and Quebec Premier Francois Legault vowed to finalize it.
- Wells urged an independent review to explore other buyers for Gull Island power, citing data centres and officials' $225 billion projection, which he suggested could rise to $500 billion as the Oct. 14 provincial election nears.
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He believes that his people do not understand the agreement in principle. The post A senator from NL demands a review of the energy agreement with Quebec appeared first on Les Affaires.
A Conservative senator from Newfoundland and Labrador joined a concert of voices calling for an independent review of the province's proposed energy agreement with Quebec's electricity company.
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