After more than 15 years of BC Hydro insisting demand was rising for electricity, Adrian Dix has now admitted what I documented repeatedly at IN-SIGHTS. CTV quoted the minister responsible for BC Hydro:

There’s been two decades of flat load growth at BC Hydro.

So the flat electricity demand I wrote about was real. The public narrative was not.

Exaggerating electricity demand kept highly paid consultants and BC Hydro executives employed for years while justifying megaprojects. The calls for another Peace River dam, and the fanciful notion of flooding a remote wilderness near Bute Inlet, are simply more of the same.

Yes, British Columbia will need new sources of electricity—but largely to serve LNG facilities and AI data centres. The legitimate needs of residents and businesses can be met through a combination of conservation, efficiency, and lower-impact renewable energy sources.

One thing that amused me during nearly two decades of blogging was watching much of the traditional media repeat corporate or government talking points while dismissing analyses drawn directly from public data.

Broadcaster Bill Good was particularly irritated by bloggers who critiqued his show. He enlisted allies to push back. Good enjoyed a long and respected career, but toward the end, his program became noticeably partisan. It never reached Fox News territory, yet it was consistently comfortable with the governing BC Liberals—and it showed.

Have a look and a listen at this item for the details. I suspect Bill Good and guests would not be proud if they heard their words from 2013. I still find it amusing.

Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer is another traditional journalist who pretends the abject blog world should be ignored. His words on CKNW:

Nincompoops ranting in their underpants is the term for people blogging, for me.

Well, when it comes to BC Hydro, the nincompoops got it right.