And BC Hydro said at the last project committee meeting that the cogen plant down at the pulp mill, which is already approved, don't forget, would NOT be constructed because they had no one to sell the power to. Yeah, right... and pigs can fly.

Maggie -------- Original Message --------
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===== FYI - could it really happen? I suppose this means they are forecasting lower energy prices in the future. Nickie ....................... The Business Examiner (business newspaper on Vancouver Island) August 2001 has the following article: KTD of Spokane, Washington, has completed their pre-feasibility study to build a $1.5 billion aluminium smelter in the Alberni Valley, and its findings are favourable. The study concludes the area is a desirable location for a smelter,which could employ 2,000 construction workers during a three-year period, and as many as 650 employees when it is up and running. The smelter could produce 360,000 tonnes of aluminium a year. David Krakoff, a KTD principal, says it's now a question of finding investors for the project. .............

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