PRESS RELEASE: AIMS Presents Discussion with AIMS Senior Fellow Gordon Weil and Nalcor President Ed Martin on Muskrat Falls
Today, the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) publishes Muskrat Falls: Opportunities to Reduce Risk and Enhance Benefits by Dr. Gordon Weil, AIMS Senior Fellow in Electricity Policy. Ed Martin, President of Nalcor, provides a response, creating a public debate on the major new hydro project.
Muskrat Falls: Opportunities to Reduce Risk and Enhance Benefits
AIMS Senior Fellow in Electricity Policy Gordon Weil outlines several opportunities to reduce risks and enhance the benefits of Newfoundland and Labrador's Muskrat Falls project. We also invited Ed Martin, the President and Chief Executive of Nalcor Energy, the project’s developer, to address the subjects covered in the paper.
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Muskrat Falls: Increased Risk and Opportunity
AIMS Senior Fellow in Electricity Policy Gordon Weil outlines the risks and benefits of Newfoundland and Labrador's Muskrat Falls project, arguing "its greatest value may be in the role it can play in tapping regional benefits for the province and in promoting a regional power management system that will ensure savings for customers and promote systems better able to keep the lights on."
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