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LETTER – Energy issues are about opportunities, not just about challenges

RE: Response to Doug Collins column “Where Does the Power Come From? Doug Collins in his One Man’s Opinion column (July 11, 2024) wrote a thought-provoking article on: “Where Does the Power Come From?” Doug outlines both the concerns with continued fossil fuel usage and the challenges in transitioning from our current path of increased fossil fuel usage. He goes on to point out his concerns with the acceleration in the build out required in electricity generation capacity to meet increasing energy demand. While he focuses on the challenges he sees, for me the question is what opportunity does this create for our communities and individuals. Having worked in economic development for the past 30 years, we have always looked at economic transition as leading to an opportunity to build back better, in this case generating new revenue sources locally, focusing on more diversified participants and solutions, providing a more sustainable energy system closer to home, and reducing our adverse impact on the environment. Local leadership in energy production is not a new idea. There are community examples like Princeton (1922), Vernon, and Kelowna (1909) that developed their own utilities that lead to considerable revenue for their communities. In the [...]

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LETTER – Energy issues are about opportunities, not just about challenges

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