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   GE opens green game within the Games   
      
   Andrew Willis   
      
   A game of green one-upmanship kicked off at the Olympics on Sunday, as   
   General Electric rolled out two clean power deals that were personally   
   backed by an executive with a $23-billion (U.S.) energy portfolio.   
      
   GE announced it is moving forward on $887-million of hydro and wind power   
   plants, an expanded commitment to B.C., on the eve of two other green   
   energy initiatives.   
      
   Showman Richard Branson will take the stage in Vancouver on Monday to   
   announce an expansion of his Carbon War Room initiative, and B.C. Premier   
   Gordon Campbell is also expected to make energy-related announcements in   
   the next 24 hours.   
      
   For GE, a B.C. government with ambitious plans of generating 90 per cent   
   of its electricity from renewable power qualifies as a major customer for   
   both equipment and capital. The guy with the $23-billion wallet is Alex   
   Urquhart, the Connecticut-based CEO of GE Energy Financial Services. His   
   arm of the conglomerate pays for energy developments of all stripes,   
   around the world. But Mr. Urquhart’s only Canadian projects are in B.C.   
      
   “We have to opportunity to invest anywhere in the world, and we have   
   chosen to invest here,” Mr. Urquhart told an audience on Sunday at an   
   intimate event that included three provincial cabinet minister, and at   
   least that many all-important deputy ministers, who actually execute on   
   the politician’s promises.   
      
   The GE unit has teamed up with Vancouver-based Plutonic Power (PCC-T3.50-   
   0.01-0.28%) to backing the 196 megawatt Toba Montrose hydro project, near   
   Powell River, and the reborn Dokie Wind project in northeastern B.C.   
      
   Against of backdrop of green Games, and with a handful of anti-hydro dam   
   protestors marching outside, Mr. Urquhart held out the promise of   
   additional investment in B.C. by both his company and outside financial   
   sponsors. The key on these deals is aligning investors with politicians   
   and the long list of players with a stake in major power developments,   
   including First Nations and environmentalists.   
      
   So with Toba expected to be pushing power into the grid by the end of the   
   year, at a cost of $660-million, GE and Plutonic are now pushing for a far   
   larger mandate in the region. Projects on the drawing board would see dams   
   built in the Upper Toba Valley and Bute Inlet.   
      
   When it comes to wind power, Mr. Urquhart pushed the idea of doubling the   
   planned Dokie facility to 300 megawatts, which would qualify as the   
   largest wind farm west of Ontario. This wind farm was purchased out of   
   creditor protection, when former owner Earth First Canada’s ambitious,   
   debt-fuelled plans came unplugged during the credit crunch.   
      
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