Former environment minister questions B.C. Hydro rate hike
Former B.C. Liberal environment minister Barry Penner is questioning the province's 3.75 per cent, two-year rate hike for B.C. Hydro customers. Penner says that the province's power utility has seen its operating costs increase by more than 10 per cent each year even as the rate of inflation has come down, and there needs to be a regulatory investigation.