aoe Fk SET RET EMIS ROA SAR RCE: TS ENTER EOE herbie A NAPPI WS ARCTIC ST BPE RSE tee NS AB - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 2, 2005 Alcan can be a success Dear Sir: The Oct: 7 symposium on Alcan power sales and the privatization of _ B.C. Hydro was an event put on by and paid for by Save the 7 Northwest — not the District of Kitimat as Alcan official Paul Henning implied in his Oct. 6 letter to employees. - Mr. Henning: stated ‘that . respectful dialogue and col-. laboration is the best way to | solve issues. But this would . only work if all parties were ' working for. Kitimat’s in- terests and not for Alcan’s global goals. ’ Mr. Henning.also stated. in his letter’ that Save the if it lives up to contracts ee __ CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE TERRACE STANDARD The Mail Bag Northwest funded a re- cent documentary. This is also not correct as Save the Northwest did not fund, nor did we have any say in the content of the documentary. Save the Northwest is a ‘coalition of many people from all political parties. To pre-judge the Oct. 7 power sales town hall meet- ing was wrong. Our invita-. tion .to Alcan’s CEO was. sent in good faith atid to re- ceive their reply in the nega- tive the day after the event was disappointing, to say the least. (The letter was sent to my old address and there- fore was not even received in time for the event.) | To then see a letter sent to Alcan employees which was full of mistakes was even more disappointing. » We want Alcan to be suc- _cessful in B.C. and it can be by using all available power for aluminum production, as per the contracts it has signed. _ Ray Brady, Kitimat, B.C. Dear Sir: has no boundaries” in the Oc. 26 issue of The Terrace Standard begs a few ques- tions other than “Why are we in court?” Indeed the headline answers this ques- "his new role as “spokeperson” for Alcan misses the revelation completely. . Yes, Alcan could sell power it deems surplus to many companies around B.C. and elsewhere, but there is nothing that would prevent it from happening at the expense of jobs in Kitimat. If the power were used “in the vicin- ity of the works” the economic benefit would accrue to Kitimat and Terrace and shouldn’t that be our first concern. all those communities along the Nechako Reservoir and elsewhere is noble. His magnanimous gesture of giving Roger Harris’ column “Alcan power . tion at the end of his column but Harris in - Harris’ sympathy for the economies of Power first for this area away the economic security. of Kitimat must really go over well with the them. Unless he has an iron-clad agreement from Alcan that that is exactly what the power will be used for, it is just so many magic beans sold for a cow we already own. ? ‘Bear in mind we are beginning to un- derstand about iron-clad agreements with major corporations. It begs the question, what would we think of municipal leaders who cave’ in to pressure from Alcan to trade an agree- ment that has served the community well for more than 50 years for a lot of promis- es that mostly benefit other communities. _ Selling the cow for a few magic beans sometimes works but as I recall, it is only in fairy tales. Helmut Giesbrecht, Terrace, B.C. a challenge we.can, and will, meet. Conservation is key Right now, we're counting on Power Smart to offset one-third of our future demand for + electricity Although it alone is not enough, conservation must play " _a bigger role if we are to meet our goal. This will require all of our customers — both residential‘and business — to adopt and practise conservation. You'll be hearing even more from us about Power Smart in the near future. . . . Self-Sufficiency & Insurance a a TEE o STRATEGY 1 vo An energy self-sufficient British Columbia Over the next 20 years, our energy needs in B.C. are expected to grow 50%, and meeting this demand will cost roughly $23 billion. It is our goal that B.C. is energy self-sufficient so that we have enough power right here in the province to meet our own needs, with enough insurance to respond to changes and opportunities. Obviously, meeting this goal represents a significant challenge, but with the support of our customers and the people of British Columbia, it’s TPP T RE rats yy a “STRATEGY 3 f-energ BC Hydro i is currently finalizing its 2005 Integrated Electricity Plan. This | is a long- -term plan built on B.C.'s outstanding electricity heritage that is designed to meet not only our customers’ needs for reliable, low-cost power over the next 20 years, but will also ensure that future. atphab aciiraarn generations. continue to. benefit from an abundance of clean and green electricity.” pst ryeryitaacyery wnt j STRATEGY 4 v Power Smart v m4 v Resources Green (e.g. Wind & Small Hydro) Clean plus Site C) (e.g. Wind & Small Hydro Mixed (e.g. Green, Clean, Coal) (e.g. Green, Clean, Coal Mixed plus Site C) Includes Site C Development (Site € would require Provincial ’ Cabinet approval before proceeding) v a