Adrian Dix supports a competitive bid process to allocate electricity to AI and data centres, arguing planned allocation prevents chaos, manages the grid for fast-growing high-load sectors, and awards power based on criteria like data sovereignty, environment, First Nations participation and price.

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David Williams says the government's approach "avoids the root problem," arguing British Columbia lacks sufficient firm, affordable power generation and transmission to meet growing demand. He implies the policy misaddresses energy infrastructure shortfalls rather than fixing them.

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B.C. allocates 400 MW for AI and data centres

B.C. North Coast Transmission Line standoff over Bill 31

B.C. Premier Eby proposes Canadian refinery instead of pipeline

BC tanker ban clashes with Alberta–Northwest BC oil pipeline plans

Danielle Smith pitches North Coast oil pipeline

Federal-Alberta deal backing NW B.C. oil pipeline

Abbotsford pushes Ottawa for flood mitigation funding

Abbotsford Sumas Prairie flooding impacts farmers

Alberta pushes NW B.C. bitumen pipeline proposal

B.C. allows 40-day mining exploration permits

B.C. commissions final generating unit at Site C dam

B.C. declares North Coast oil tanker moratorium

B.C. drops EV rebate and cancels 2035 zero-emission vehicle mandate

B.C. FireSmart funding nearly exhausted with $25M remaining

B.C. keeps industrial water rates low amid drought

B.C. pitches LNG projects to India

B.C. protests secret Ottawa-Alberta pipeline talks

B.C. to hold special 3rd-deer hunt in Kootenays in Jan 2026

Boundary Bay greenhouse glows with new LED lights

Court quashes Garnet Valley gravel pit permit

Eby says no update on Carney-Smith bitumen pipeline

Fast-track approval for Ksi Lisims LNG and North Coast line

Highway 1 widening between Langley and Abbotsford

John Rustad proposes abolishing Metro Vancouver regional government

Mid-December floods in Fraser Valley and Abbotsford

North Coast transmission line to serve Ksi Lisims LNG project

Ottawa holds talks on new bitumen pipeline and Trans Mountain Expansion

Pattullo Bridge conversion to pedestrian park

Smokey Lake wildfire forces Highway 20 evacuations

Two chronic wasting disease cases detected in B.C.'s Kootenays