Tomorrow marks the 10th anniversary of the sanctioning of Muskrat Falls. Ten years and we’re still spending money with little in return. One critic says it’s time to start thinking about “abandonment.”
$13.5-billion and counting. The problem is getting the power from Labrador to the Avalon Peninsula through the Labrador-Island Link. Nobody can say for certain when—or even if—the problems will be corrected and the power will flow freely. The LIL software isn’t working and the synchronous condensers at Soldiers Pond, essential to grid stability, haven’t worked.
(Labrador Island Link. Photo via Nalcor.)
Muskrat was to replace the oil-burning Hydro Generating Station but such has yet to be the case. Now, Hydro is going to build more backup capacity at Bay d’Espoir.
Blogger Uncle Gnarly (Des Sullivan) says Premier Dwight Ball should have cancelled Muskrat outright when he came to power in 2016. Failing that, on this, the 10th anniversary of sanction, he says let’s make the decision now to abandon the project before hundreds of millions—and perhaps billions—more are wasted.
