THE GREAT BC SOLAR SCAM

                                                                City of Nelson Master Water Plan 2006 update Summer water restrictions as I understand it are due to lack of storage not water. Nelson's primary water source is identified as a risk to spills, forest fires and slide never mind age.  Below is shown a contour of this 7 km long line. A study showed two potential microhydro power sites.  These would help pay for the project and reduce excess power purchases from Fortis. Above is a contour drawing of the 7 km long Nelson city primary water intake line Nelson has this emergency water intake downstream of the prestige storm sewer outfall and boat houses The Achilles Heel to this is it can only serve water Zone 4,  and it depends on a portable water treatment plant being avai...

  Jan 28, 2019  UPDate, my FOI request to the city for the engineering notes regarding the Nelson solar garden is overdue.  Law requires a response within 30 business days.  I phoned today, the person in charge told me they were just about to deal with it.  How coincidental. Also I was told there is NO information.    The engineers drawings and what is installed bear no resemblance to each other, also the engineered drawings mention notes to be kept and inspections, I was asking for this, the engineers drawings state these are to be retained by the owner(city).     Just more stonewalling, blocking, denial from this city.  Transparency in this city, ethics?  Non existant in my experience with the city. Below is a Professional Installation for A Homeowner the system is about a km as the crow flies from the Commercial Nelson Community Solar Garden The system mounts into sono tube pillars of concrete descending...

                                                          YOU MIGHT GET IT                          CBT GRANTS COULD COST CITY MILLIONS Oct 22    CBT announces $900,000   as the first intake for community buildings alternate energy grants Application deadline Jan 7, 2019 Balfour already has solar power systems on the Balfour Golf clubhouse, Community Centre and Seniors centre. $900,000 could instal a lot of community solar power systems in the Nelson hydro service area. An Alberta firm installed the 3  Balfour systems for an average of  $3.30/watt. (the Nelson solar garden installed for well over $6/watt because they had nobody who knew what they were doing) Every likelihood a large group install created by $900,000 could bring this down ...

                Could one Possibly Find another More Absurd Waste of Public Money in BC? Likely the most absurd example, the City of Nelson Community Solar Garden Finally the house of cards is beginning to tumble.  The recent denial of the Kelowna solar project in the Fortis Electric area by the BC Utilities Commission saying it had no benefit to anyone, nor did it help decrease GHG's. The BCOAPO submission to the project repeats the same saying all risks and costs are borne by the ratepayers. Even Fortis makes a statement  "it will be a challenge when the public discovers the economics of solar". The thought of solar power causes even normal intelligent people to lose their common sense. The Nelson Solar Garden was a product of deception. Nelson is the only city in western Canada with its own hydroelectric generation and distribution making huge profits to pay for city projects and reduce taxes and electricity bills. ...