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   BC Hydro says it will be for "450,000 homes".  Or will it be for hydro export   
   to the U.S. for profit?   
      
   Big court decision coming up.   
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   The Canadian Press - Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015   
      
      
   First Nation injunction could delay Site C dam by a year: BC Hydro   
      
      
   VANCOUVER --   
   A stop-work order for the Site C dam would cause "extreme prejudice" to BC   
   Hydro at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars and a one-year delay in the   
   construction schedule, the utility's lawyer says.   
      
   Mark Andrews told a B.C. Supreme Court judge that critical milestones will not   
   be met if an injunction is granted to a pair of First Nations.   
      
   "This injunction is going to drive a truck into the schedule of the project at   
   this stage in particular," Andrews said Wednesday.   
      
   The West Moberly and Prophet River First Nations are challenging the nearly   
   $9-billion project by arguing they were not properly consulted before permits   
   were granted for Site C, the third dam on the Peace River.   
      
   The Treaty 8 Tribal Alliance members say they will suffer "irreparable harm"   
   if BC Hydro is allowed to start clearing thousands of hectares of old-growth   
   forest.   
      
   They've asked a judge to block work authorized by specific permits.   
      
   The first of seven phases of construction is proceeding while the First   
   Nations await decisions on two judicial reviews of environmental assessment   
   certificates granted by the B.C. and federal governments.   
      
   Andrews told court some work began in late July and that a year's delay would   
   cost more than $300 million initially, plus another $200 million related to   
   acquiring resources.   
      
   He said it would also push back site preparation critical for the primary   
   building contract, worth about $1 billion and slated to be awarded in December.   
      
   "If the applicants were seeking to stop this project, they should have moved   
   earlier," Andrews said.   
      
   "The result of them not acting earlier is that prejudice -- which I've   
   characterized as extreme -- is far worse."   
      
   He also argued against the First Nations' assertions about the extent of   
   damage the first stage of construction could cause to their traditional lands.   
      
   Andrews said there's no evidence it would result in "serious harm" to heritage   
   sites, describing their contents as stones, flakes, chips and tools.   
      
   Established protocols for preserving artifacts could be used to adequately   
   deal with those concerns, he said.   
      
   "The clearing and other work that will be done on the south bank will not by   
   any reasonable or objective measure cause serious or irreparable harm to the   
   exercise of the applicant's treaty rights."   
      
   The project is in the public interest because the dam's power will flow to   
   British Columbians, he said.   
      
   BC Hydro has said the dam is expected increase its energy supply by eight per   
   cent, enough to generate electricity for about 450,000 homes annually.   
      
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