WHEREAS communities in BC are envisioning green energy as one aspect of economic diversity and prosperity; AND WHEREAS present regulations and legislation in BC are not supportive of alternative energy industry growth: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the UBCM assume a priority position to lobby the provincial government to establish levels of feed-in tariffs and tax incentives that will position the alternative energy industry in BC to a level comparable with the USA and Ontario as well as European models.
Ministry of Energy The Province is inviting interested British Columbians to comment and help in the development of the Feed-In Tariff program. Comments and input on this were sought until September 30, 2010. Following the end of the public consultation period, the results and comments will be taken into account to develop a draft regulation for consideration by Cabinet. If the regulation is adopted, the Ministry will work with BC Hydro to finalize and launch a Feed-In Tariff program. The Feed-In Tariff program will give companies the opportunity to test emerging, small-scale clean energy technologies, such as wave and tidal energy in British Columbia communities. This program will help build British Columbias clean technology sector and get these new technologies to the market faster. It will also benefit remote and off-grid British Columbia communities by giving them clean energy options to power their homes. The British Columbia Feed-In Tariff program will be very different from Ontarios. Unlike Ontario, we already have achieved over 90 percent clean, renewable power generation.