The City of Williams Lake has cancelled a lobbying junket to Victoria on the news Adrian Dix, minister of Energy and Climate Solutions, plans to meet with BC Hydro to discuss the imminent shut-down of the Atlantic Power station.
The plant, which generates electricity through the burning of wood waste, is Williams Lake’s biggest industrial taxpayer and a major employer. The company that owns it plans to shut down soon, unless the province can assure it better power rates and reliable fibre supply.
The city has been lobbying the provincial government to prevent the power plant from shutting down, and had planned to converge on the BC Legislature tomorrow
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