Clean Energy Association of British Columbia

8 BUSINESS ELITE CANADA | JANUARY 2019 “If the LNG can reduce the carbon emission by 50 per cent but does not consider upstream and transportation, it only ends up being 18 per cent in aggregate reduction,” says Mather. “We need to increase electricity production by 50 per cent by 2030 and 100 per cent by 2050.” “That is great deal of power, especially with the new LNG industry which is taking shape in BC. If we don’t electrify this industry, it will effectively become impossible to meet our bigger 2050 goals in carbon reduction.” Clean Energy BC’s position is that “electrification is the only major current solution,” says Mather. “BC Hydro and the BC Utility Commission’s plans are Skookum Creek Hydroelectric Project by BGC Engineering is a run-of-river project that develops 25 megawatts of power from a head drop of 345 M. Bear Mountain Wind Park by AltaGas is BC’s first full ers enough electricity to power most of