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| (Courtesy DESMOG.CA) |
The second of two reports written by Deloitte LLP for the BC Utilities Commission examining alternatives to the Site C dam appears to show that there are several alternatives that are cheaper, though no final recommendation is given.
In the report, Deloitte also looked at various alternatives to Site C, including upgrading and retrofitting existing BC Hydro generating stations. Deloitte also compared the price of other forms of renewable and non-renewable forms of electricity generation, and its ability to serve as a constant or intermittent source of generation. In their comparison, Deloitte concluded that even other alternative forms of electricity generation such as Geothermal and Biomass cost $7,300 per kilowatt, less than Site C’s capital cost of $7,636 per kilowatt.