Speaking of Quebec Yes votes, the messiahs of economic thought have called for the privatization of Hydro-Quebec.
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The neo-liberalism disease continues. 10 bucks it ends up being an American controlled company and rates will go up and the company will lack there standards like AmerenUE in Missouri and you'll get a disaster like this:
Before:
After:
They were only fined 15million (the biggest fine ever but still) no charges were filed even though Ameren knew this was coming.
"...the Commission can only conclude that the loss of the Taum Sauk plant was due to imprudence on the part of UE (Ameren's AmerenUE Subsidiary). UE was well-aware of the catastrophic results likely to occur if the UR (Upper Reservoir) was overtopped by over-pumping. UE knew, or should have known, that storing water against the parapet wall of a rockfill dam was "unprecedented." UE knew,or should have known, that operating with a freeboard of only one or two feet left no margin for error and required particularly accurate control of the UR water level. Given that circumstance, UE's decision to continue operating Taum Sauk after the discovery of the failure of the gauge piping anchoring system and the consequent unreliability of the piezometers upon which the UR control system was based is frankly beyond imprudent – it is reckless. UE also knew or should have known that the upper Warrick probes had been reset above the lowest point at the top of the UR." (PSC Report page 71, definitions of Acronyms added"
nothing happened.
