permissions/licensing, please go to: www.TorontoStarReprints.com. Copyright owned or licensed by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited. It now accounts for about a third of the Newfoundland and Labrador’s considerable debt and has been referred to as a “boondoggle” by Nalcor’s current CEO, and the province’s “biggest fiscal mistake” by its current premier. — The commissioner leading an inquiry into the troubled Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project says past provincial governments failed to protect the residents of Newfoundland and Labrador. LeBlanc laid significant blame at the feet of former Nalcor CEO Ed Martin, naming him and other executives as taking “unprincipled steps to help secure project sanction,” including concealing information that could undermine the business case to the public and government. To order copies of The report was presented to the provincial government last Thursday and reviewed by government lawyers before its public release. “In March, we shut down the Muskrat Falls Project site to keep people safe amidst COVID-19. ST. JOHN’S, N.L. Nalcor Energy CEO Stan Marshall today provided an update on the Muskrat Falls Project and COVID-19 pandemic impacts to cost and schedule.
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This copy is for your personal non-commercial use only. rights reserved. All He also wrote that government and Nalcor officials failed to research well-known risks related to megaproject cost and schedule runs, writing that “their failure to do this is indefensible.”. To order Muskrat Falls Corporation (Muskrat Falls or the Company) was incorporated on November 13, 2013 under the laws of Newfoundland and Labrador. LeBlanc also determined that the government “did not act appropriately” or fairly with Indigenous people regarding environmental and health concerns related to the project, saying government and Nalcor’s actions created “an environment of mistrust” that led to protests, unrest and further delays. Ball said the report will now be referred to police and the provincial Justice Department. Nalcor Energy CEO Stan Marshall has confirmed the $13.1-billion price tag for the Muskrat Falls project, but it’s likely not the last time the project will see a price increase. In a scathing report made public Tuesday, provincial Supreme Court Justice Richard LeBlanc concluded the government failed its duty to residents by predetermining that the megaproject would proceed no matter what. The Muskrat Falls Project is being built by skilled workers from Newfoundland and Labrador and across the country. “Even today, (the government) has failed to ensure that its commitments, and those of Nalcor, regarding environmental matters related to the project are being properly tracked, monitored and acted upon,” LeBlanc wrote. Muskrat Falls’ head office is located at 500 Columbus Drive, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, A1B 0M4, Canada. The project is an essential component of Nalcor’s commitment to sustainability and climate change management. The megaproject’s costs have essentially doubled since it was sanctioned in 2012 under a previous Progressive Conservative government. Newspapers Limited, One Yonge Street, 4th floor, Toronto, ON, M5E 1E6. presentation-ready copies of Toronto Star content for distribution It’s set to produce more power than the province needs and its financial structure, which Ottawa has agreed to reconfigure, would leave electricity ratepayers to pay for the extra costs through their monthly bills. Phase One, the Muskrat Falls Project, includes construction of an 824 MW hydroelectric generating facility, over 1,600 km of transmission lines across the province, and the Maritime Link between Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. LeBlanc made 17 recommendations that included limiting the powers of Nalcor related to withholding information from government on legal or commercial grounds. Other recommendations involved taking steps to ensure civil servants “are empowered to speak truth to politicians” and enacting “duty to document” legislation applying to government, Crown corporations and agencies within six months. We offer attractive salaries, great benefits, excellent accommodations and short travel times that help you make the most of your time at home. LeBlanc wrote that Martin fostered a culture of superiority within the project’s inexperienced senior management team, which regularly ignored the advice of more knowledgeable individuals, and that executives took advantage of government officials’ lack of knowledge about hydro projects. In his report, LeBlanc concluded that the business case, which assumed the Muskrat Falls project was the lowest-cost power option for residents, was “questionable.” He wrote that the project’s economics were not sufficiently tested and that Nalcor failed to consider all potentially viable power options. Final report from Muskrat Falls inquiry released to the public in St. John’s, N.L. The inquiry led by LeBlanc ran hearings from fall 2018 through last summer looking into cost and schedule overruns of the $12.7-billion dam on Labrador’s Lower Churchill River. “In acting as it did, (the provincial government) failed in its duty to ensure the best interests of the province’s residents were safeguarded,” LeBlanc wrote. These actions included “deliberately” not obtaining a risk report prepared by consulting firm SNC-Lavalin in 2013 which added a possible $2.4 billion to Nalcor’s risk calculations, though LeBlanc wrote “it is clear that Nalcor knew of its existence.”. Toronto Star articles, please go to: www.TorontoStarReprints.com, The Toronto Star and thestar.com, each property of Toronto Star By Holly McKenzie-Sutter The Canadian Press. He wrote that there is “no doubt” Martin in particular “must be faulted for intentionally failing to disclose ... relevant information on costs, schedule, and risk” and that the government itself must be faulted for failing to apply proper oversight. HM. Star Newspapers Limited and/or its licensors. Muskrat Falls is a 100% owned subsidiary of Nalcor Energy (Nalcor).

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