又涨价了，BC公共事业委员会驳回省府冻结未来一年电费的要求，也就意味着从4月1日起，水电费将增加百分之3，用户平均每月要多付大约4元。

卑诗下月起加电费3%

卑诗水电公司原本在2016年的申请文件中要求在本年度加价3%，但在2017年11月8日再提交修改申请书，将今年的加幅由3%改到0%，此举是因应省府冻结电费的命令，不过，委员会3月1日公布不批准冻结电费的修改申请。

委员会指出批准冻结电费的理据不足，担心冻结电费会令卑诗水电公司难以完全填补预测的收入需要，包括例如营运成本和新的资本支出。

增加省民的负担

省能源、矿业及石油资源厅长穆明雪(Michelle Mungall)对委员会的决定感到失望。她表示，明白提高水电费会增加省民的负担，省政府将会采取措施，首先为有需要人士减少有关费用，并与BC Hydro及客户合作，建立名为lifeline的计划，合资格人士可支付较少的费用。
穆明雪又说，从5月起，如有BC Hydro客户失业或存在医疗问题，BC Hydro会向他们的帐户发放最多600元的补助金。

BC Hydro上个月宣布，为帮助省民管理冬季昂贵的水电帐单，省民可在长6个月内逐渐付清帐单。

反对党卑诗自由党党领韦勤信(Andrew Wilkinson)批评说：“再一次，我们见到卑诗新民主党政府鲁莽许下承诺而又未能做到。”

新民主党在竞选期间随口做出的夸大承诺，上台后却再次无法兑现。而这是另一个新民主党在竞选期间许下但却未能达成的承诺，其他包括给租户的津贴和10元日託服务等。

对卑诗省民来说，尤其是那些只有固定收入的，当初相信新民主党政府冻结电费的承诺并根据该承诺作出相应资金安排，如今却陷入困境面临更高的电费。这个政府总是在无任何实质计划的情况下夸夸其谈，然后令全省民遭殃。这正如卑诗公用事业委员会BCUC所说，冻结电费’缺乏任何充分理由’。

Electricity prices begin to increase in British Columbia on April 1

With the increase in prices, the BC Public Utility Commission rejected the provincial government’s request to freeze the electricity bill for the next year, which means that from April 1st onwards, utilities will increase by 3%, and users will pay an additional monthly average of about 4 yuan. .

BC will charge 3% from next month

In 2016, BC Hydro originally requested an increase of 3% in the current year, but submitted a revised application on November 8, 2017, and this year’s increase from 3% to 0%. This is due to The provincial government ordered the freezing of electricity bills. However, the committee announced on March 1 that it would not approve the revision of the electricity tariff.

The Committee pointed out that the lack of justification for the approval of the freezing of electricity charges is concerned that the freezing of electricity charges would make it difficult for BC Hydro to fully cover the forecasted income needs, including, for example, operating costs and new capital expenditures.

Increase the burden on the provincial population

Michelle Mungall, director of the provincial energy, mining, and petroleum resources, was disappointed with the committee’s decision. She said that understanding that raising the utility bill will increase the burden on the provincial population. The provincial government will take measures to reduce the related expenses for people in need first, and cooperate with BC Hydro and customers to establish a plan called lifeline, which can be paid by eligible persons. Less expenses.
Mu Mingxue also said that from May onwards, if BC Hydro’s clients are unemployed or have medical problems, BC Hydro will grant up to 600 yuan in grants to their accounts.

BC Hydro announced last month that in order to help the provincial people manage the expensive winter utility bills, the provincial people can gradually pay off the bill within six months.

The opposition BC Liberal Party leader Andrew Wilkinson criticized: “Once again, we saw the BC New Democratic government recklessly promised and failed to do it.”

During the election, the New Democrats made exaggerated promises, and once again came to power, they were unable to honor them again. This is another commitment that the New Democratic Party promised during the election but failed to reach. Others include allowances for tenants and day care service of RMB 10.

For the British Columbians, especially those with only fixed income, they initially believed in the promise of the New Democratic Party’s government to freeze their electricity bills and made corresponding funding arrangements based on that commitment. Today, they are faced with a higher electricity bill in trouble. This government always boasts without any real plan, and then it causes the people of the entire province to suffer. As the BCU Public Utility Commission BCUC said, there is no good reason to freeze electricity charges.