The BC Solar Scam

                     If Site C is going ahead, then BC will have excess power for sometime into the future, instantly any public money in BC for solar , although always unnecessary, is truly worthless. Even Energy Minister Mungall gets it.   The utility is paying around $30,000 a year to some individuals and organizations, Mungall said. “That adds up.”                                    HOW THE SCAM WORKS The grant requirement: To be selected for funding, projects must demonstrate a positive return on investment and significant community impact.  Using Balfours method to show a positive return everyone qualifies. You could also    find the engineer who did the Nelson Community Solar garden study.   The Ministry of Education finds the right person to do their extensive study to save money. Oct 22, CBT announced  $900,000 for public buildings energy systems, that can translate into a huge loss of income to Nelson hydro for all time.  And solar adds to G

                              THE SUN HAS SET ON KIMBERLEYS SUNMINE HOPES The SunMine in Kimberley was originally to be 2MW, the Western Diversificaton Fund pulled their $1.6M subsidy early on when they discovered it had no value. The project downsized to 1.05MW. Final project cost $5.65M  $3.65M subsidy,  City of Kimberley borrowed $2M on a referendum telling taxpayers there would be no further costs to the taxpayers. The SunMine went into operation June 2015, it can't even pay their debt of $2M even with BC Hydro paying full retail for the solar power. Now the city is trying to unload it their statement:  Utilizing taxpayer’s funds to operate SunMine is not   consistent with the City’s original vision for SunMine  Mayor of Kimberley in front of the SUNMINE, not smiling anymore They  claim to be the sunniest place in BC, more sun than Phoenix, Arizona Teck is purchasing the project for the cities outstanding debt of $2.15M. There must be some other economi