Gabe Gregory

The probability that Hydro-Quebec will construct Gull Island is very low because it is highly uneconomic for them to spend $29.6 billion for less than 1000MWs of energy. Hence, it is highly un

Gull Island under MOU 2 ( Definitive Cooperation and Implementation Agreement) The commentary below highlights the key components of the MOU 2 with regard to...

As is the case for the CF contract renewal, NL is not the principal beneficiary of the CF upgrades; therefore the MOU 2 proposition regarding the CF upgrades should be resoundingly rejected by the people of our Province.

if CPI change mirrors the past 35 years there will no material price result from the MOU 2 for CF energy over the entire life of the 51-year contract. It is as good as set in stone.

In summary, the new MOU 2 offers marginal value over MOU 1; it does not offer any new access to energy from the existing plant; and it gives up our constitutional control over the entire Churchill River. Is it a better deal overall? My conclusion is that it is is that it is a worst deal...

I suggest that if the three-member panel strips away the MOU’s obnoxious complexity and opacity, the people of this province will begin to understand that the Churchill Falls contract renewal amounts to this: Hydro-Quebec is advancing NL funds in the early years only to maintain the full benefit of the 1969 contract.

Did you notice that the local CBC appears to have been awakened and that there is finally something to report in relation to the...

Newfoundland and Labrador Consultant Gabe Gregory has posted several excellent articles offering detailed analysis of the much heralded fifty-one year agreement between this province...