August 25, 2007

Power line needs new judges

 

The Edmonton Journal

Published: Saturday, August 25

It’s becoming clear that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board will have to establish a new panel to complete its review of the 500 kW power line at the centre of the spy scandal that broke at the Rimbey hearings in June.

New revelations have aggravated the regulator’s credibility problems, and make it difficult to see how the original panel can deliver a decision that will be viewed as legitimate, fair and beyond challenge.

Last week, the spy scandal spilled across the border into Montana. Two American citizens were also under surveillance by the private detectives hired by the AEUB, according to documents obtained under a freedom of information request by the Alberta New Democrats.

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