Energy site given blessing -Powell River Peak

Energy site given blessing

Laura Walz — Peak Editor
10/11/2007

Plutonic Power Corporation president Donald McInnes invited Premier Gordon Campbell and chiefs of three first nations to a ceremonial bridge crossing and blessing of the $660-million East Toba River-Montrose Creek run-of-river project.

Campbell said the project was an example of how innovative companies, working with first nation partners, can promote sustainable economic development and provide clean electricity. Plutonic’s project fits in with the government’s energy policy to be self-sufficient by 2016 and to produce 90 per cent of its electricity from clean sources, Campbell also said, and is an example that others will follow. “This is a new map for a future that all of us will be able to share and benefit from,” he said. “These are the kinds of projects that we have to pursue if we are to be successful in reducing our greenhouse gas emissions by 33 per cent by 2020.”

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