The owners of IPP's (Independent Power Projects) were paid $1.217 billion in 2015 for private power that could have been bought for $545 million from Washington State. BC Hydro has contracts up to 40 years with IPP's - the taxpayers of BC will get screwed every year, for many years to come!
http://northerninsights.blogspot.ca/2016/02/ipp-paid-672-million-over-market-in-2015.html
http://northerninsights.blogspot.ca/2016/02/ipp-paid-672-million-over-market-in-2015.html