CASTLEGAR NEWS, September 2, 1981

B.C. Utilities Commission

Hearings resume in Vancouver

The B.C. Utilities Commis-
sion's hearing into an appli-
cation by West Kootenay
Power and Cominco resumed
today in Vancouver, follow-
ing 12 days of hearings in
Kelowna.

The change of venue comes
with the conclusion of the
first three phases of the
hearing. Phase I dealt with
West Kootenay Power's ap-
plication to purchase three
Cominco-owned dams on the
Kootenay River for $20 mil-
lion; Phase IT deals with the

‘The main thrust of the first
phase was that West Koot-
enay Power felt that the $20
million asking price for the
three generating plants was
fair and reasonable, and
would be paid for through a
formula that would not affect
customer rates in any way.
There would also be savings
to the customers in the years
to come as a result of buying
rather than leasing the sams:

Phase I

sales because of the forestry
shutdown, it would apply to
have the 22 per cent increase
brought forward to Oct. 18,
1981.

Although the new appli-
cations have yet to be exam-
ined under Phase IV, it was
made known that West Koot-
enay’s needs for 1982 are
based on continuing high in-
flation, a growth in customer
demand, and substantial capi-

tinued for six days, but « on
the fourth day, two general

of that purchase by
means of a 15-year debenture
to be issued by the utility to
Cominco; and Phase III in-
volves Cominco's application
to be exempted from regu-
ation as a utility under the
Utilities Commission Act of

1975.

Although each of these
phases has been examined in
considerable detail during
the past 12 days of hearings,
final arguments have still to
be made by the respective
counsels,

It was on the ninth day
that West Kootenay Power
filed an application for a new
rate increase of 22 per cent,
to cover its needs for the bal-
ance of 1981 and its revenue
requirements for 1982. This
matter, together with exam-
ination of three outstanding
rate increases granted on an
interim basis in the past
three years, form Phase IV of
the hearings, which com-
menced Wednesday.

Phase V, which will con-
sider any other matters be-
tween the two companies and
the Commission, will be dealt
with later.

PHASEI

When the hearings first
opened in Kelowna Aug. 11,
motions were placed before
the BCUC that it did not have
the authority to rule on any

inter were heard.
These came in the form of
statements by Chris D'Arcy,
MLA for Rossland-Trail and
NDP energy critic, and by
Chairman, Isidore Mvzzin of
the Regional District of Koot-
enay Boundary. Iioth inter-
ventions were strengly sup-
portive of West Kootenay
Power's and Cominco's appli-
cations, Later, Dave Pearce
of Nelson North Shore ap-
peared before the Commis-
sion to give further support,
mainly on the basis that con-
trol of West Kootenay Power
remain in the hands of the
residents and customers of
the area it serves.

Many of the financial impli-
cations of the sale of the
three dams had already been
discussed under Phase I, but
it was again emphasized by
WKP's President, Joe Dren-
nan, and Chief Financial
Officer, Jim Brook, that buy-
ing the dams would not affect,
customer rates adversely.
Brook said that the acquisi-
tion by the utility company
would provide assets which
would help in future financ-

Kootenay Power

, George Macintosh
produced testimony to show
that Cominco has provided

of the That as-
pect was quickly

great assistance to the utility
by

ip ry a
15-year d deben-

by BCUC “Chairman Marie
Taylor, and the commission-
ers Dave Newlands and
Barry Sullivan.

The challenges had been
laid by the principa] inter-
venors at the hearings, name-
ly, Robert J. Bauman for
several O)

ture at 16 per cent interest.
It was during examination
of the financial circumstances
of WKPL that the Commis-
sion made a surprise request.
The company was asked to
produce a forecast of its 1982
revenue, requirements. West
ti Power officials,

ities and districts, R. Brian
Wallace on behalf of B.C.
Timber and other forestry
companies, and Karl Gus-
taffson, representing the
City of Nelson. All three have
conducted a vigorous cross-
examination into all aspects
of the applications before the
Commission. Detailed cross-
examination has also been

are had expected to go back
to the Commission later this
year with a new rate appli-
cation, returned to Trail to
produce the figures re-
quested, and came back with
the material in the form of a
formal rate application for a
22 per cent increase. In filing
the information, West Koot-
enay said that because of

di ic in-

by
Reg Gibbs, Counsel for the
Commission.

Newfoundland

creases in bank rates in re-
cent months, and a drop in

Booze too plentiful

By James H. Hussey
ST. JOHN,S, Nfld. (CP) —
The days of moonshine and

the lowest in Canada 10 years
ago, Dr. Don Farris, a
director of education in the

4 e

thirsts of Newfoundland’s
far-flung villages may be
waning, but alarms are being
rung as it becomes increas-
ingly easier to get a drink
legally.

People in the many remote
parts of the province are
finding retail beer and liquor
stores, along with lounges,
closer to their homes all the
time.

Albert Furey, president of
the Newfoundland and Lab-
rador Lounge Association,
says the province. is satu-
rated with booze supplies. He
wants more controls on the
licensing of lounges.

And while their continued
spread would bring a finan-
cial pinch to existing lounge
owners, several groups are
looking at the purely implic-
ations of reports that drink-
ing is on the increase in this
province of 650,000.

The Newfoundland Status
of Women Council believes
from a recent study it
conducted that about 30 per

cent of women 18 years and
older in the province are
abusers of alcohol and drugs.

The Canadian Addiction
Foundation was told at a
recent in St.

told the conference.

Community groups and the
Newfoundland and Labrador
Alcohol and Drug Addiction
Foundation feel that the
greater use and availability
of liquor are further reasons
to worry about what will
happen to traditional ways of
life under the social press-
ures that an expected off-
shore oil boom would bring.

The Newfoundland Liquor
Corp’s annual reports show
tha talcohol consumption is
rising, but they do rot tell
the full story.

Home brew, including, is
hanging on as a tradition for
many people who want to
beat high prices.

On the Burin Peninsula
and along the southwest
coast, there is frequent con-
tact with the French Islands
of St. Pierre and Miquelon,
each about 30 kilometres
from the peninsula. The
islands once were seen as
a smugglers’ haven, and the
occasional seizure in Fortune
or Placentia Bay shows there
is still some trade in liquor.

A report released at the
national foundation's confer-
ence showed that in 1978,
of wine and

John's that in proportion to

during the
was
Senior Cominco officials,

headed by Vice-President,
A.V. Marcolin, took the wit-
ness stand to explain why
Cominco needs to be ex-
empted from the stringent
regulations which govern a
public utility.

Under the Utilities Act, a
company selling more than 15
per cent of its power gen:
eration becomes a

Cominco is in the midst of
a $700 million modernization
program at Trail and Kim-
berley, a program which.
Marcolin said would not be
possible without the avail-
ability of low-cost power.

Cominco says that it de-
ponds on its low -cont power

utility; Cominco wants to be
allowed to continue to sell its
excess power, from the two
dams it will continue to own,

cage in its metallurgical op-
erations, a benefit largely
offset by. the higher cost ot

to West Kootenay Power.

market.

Angry at movies

EDMONTON (CP) — San-
dra Shaw is angry at tho
movies, but her efforts to do
someting have made little
progres:

The ‘editor of her high
school newspaper, The
Knight Edition, Shaw re-
cently took to her typewriter
and wrote to 12 film-making
and distribution companies to
protest Hollywood's latest
series of horror films. She
complained about the “gro-
tesque and sadistic slaught-
erings of young women” in
such films as He Knows
You're Alone, Friday the
18th, Prom Night and others
of the blood-and-shock genre.

“The characters and plot
are basically the same in each
movie,” Shaw wrote. “The
murderer isa maniac who,
rarely has a stronger motive
for killing than being once
stood up by his Grade 2
sweetheart,

“So when she graduates
from high school, gets mar-
ried or starts'in any way to
make a name for herself, the
lunatic begins his revenge
with a rampage of killings.”

Shaw sees a cruel moral in
these films:

“If a single woman is a
success and not reliant on a
man, she is rewarded by be-
ing brutally murdered.”

She said she and her
friends plan to boycott such
“cheap, amoral thrillers.”

Her protests mainly fell on
deaf cas: Only three of the
organizations bothered
reply and none offered much
solace.

Famous Players stressed
that it only distributes films.
It also pointed out that film-
makers produce movies that
are in demand.

“Otherwise they are not
going to stay in business.”

Shaw said she is not sat-
isfied with the results:

“They all sound like cop-
outs to me,” she said.

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liquor was it while

hae the fastest growth in the
use of alcohol.

In proportion to provincial
populations, alcohol con-
sumption in Newfoundland
has surpassed that of five
other provinces after being

beer was going
down, Beer was on the
decline in most provinces
that year. _

The report also said the
Atlantic provinces had the
highest rate of teenage male
drinkers.

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the right to classify ads under

appropriate headings and to
determine page location.

Human Rights Act
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Help Wanted must comply
with the British Columbia
Humon Rights Act. This Act
states no odvertisemen may

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One 1968 John Deere 350 Crawler Looder

Serial Number 7350-6.

One 1967 Case W.D. Looder
Serial Number 9005694.

One 1974 Case 480 B Loader Stroke Backhoe
Serial Number 6302757.

Furier, in fecmation and viewing of the equipment may be
ranged cting the Works and Services Department
ot aici Hall. (Phone
jed tenders mar

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state or imply

limitation, or tpecification, on

the bosis of an applicant's

race, religion, colour, marital

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