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metronews.ca Wednesday, April 4, 2012
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No ‘Muskrat’ love for ex-premier Williams Danny Williams blasts Muskrat Falls review. Newfoundland’s Nalcor and Nova Scotia’s private utility, Emera, working on joint deal to fund venture
Sparks flying
Danny Williams the canadian press
The Newfoundland and Labrador Public Utilities Board showed bias when it issued an inconclusive report on the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric megaproject, the province’s former premier Danny Williams charged Tuesday. Williams has championed the proposed $6.2-billion development that was announced just before he retired from politics in the fall of 2010. On Monday, the Public Utilities Board said it couldn’t assess whether the plan to bring electricity from Labrador to Newfoundland would cost less than if the island generates its own energy. The board said it didn’t have enough information and cited gaps in the reliability of the development. Board chairman Andy Wells,
the former St. John’s mayor who was appointed by Williams, has described efforts to get Muskrat Falls documentation from Nalcor as “torturous.” Williams says past comments by board members suggest judgments about the project had already been made. “I have never before seen a quasi-judicial body make such negative and prejudicial statements in the middle of a review,” Williams said in an email on Tuesday. “It concerned me greatly at the time, but I had hoped those careless comments would not have carried over into the final report. Clearly, those opinions formed the basis of the final document as the board
“I have never before seen a quasi-judicial body make such negative and prejudicial statements in the middle of a review.” Danny Williams, former premier, Newfoundland and Labrador On the Public Utilities Board’s inconclusive review of Muskrat Falls
had backed itself into a corner several months ago with such strong statements.” Premier Kathy Dunderdale said Monday that she is also puzzled by the board’s failure to make a recommendation, calling it a waste of nine months and $2 million. Both Dunderdale and Williams said it’s especially baffling because others, including Manitoba Hydro International and the province’s consumer advocate, concluded Muskrat Falls is the cheapest option using the same data that was available to the board. the canadian press
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