
Energy policy: Let's not open the door to the destruction of rivers for the benefit of predators
In its energy bill and energy policy, the government plans to raise the threshold for the private sector to build and operate power generation facilities from 50 to 100 megawatts. This is very worrying, as it opens the door to the unbridled construction of "small" hydroelectric power plants all over the country, already that the current 50 MW threshold corresponds to a dam as big as the one in place on the Rivière des Prairies north of Montreal and operated by Hydro-Québec.