BCUC Approves Interim ICBC 2021 Rate Decrease British Columbia Utilities Commission Vancouver, CANADA
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Today, by Order G-12-21, the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) approved the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia’s (ICBC) request for a 15% decrease to Basic insurance rates on an interim basis, effective May 1, 2021. The interim rate will remain in effect until the BCUC decides on the final permanent rate.
The BCUC has established an open and transparent public proceeding to review ICBC’s 2021 Revenue Requirements application, which includes an opportunity for public comment and participation. There are several ways to participate in the review process, outlined below.
Home » Environment » A Lost Decade: How Climate Action Fizzled in Cascadia
Washington, Oregon and British Columbia pledged to slash greenhouse gas emissions. In a decade full of big talk and some epic battles, they all failed.
With dozens of people killed by wildfires in the western U.S., millions of acres scorched, and choking smoke spreading far into British Columbia, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee lit up the news wires in September. “These are not just wildfires,” Inslee asserted at a press conference from Olympia, “these are
climate fires.”
Two days later on George Stephanopoulos’ Sunday-morning ABC News talk show, the recent presidential candidate recounted a poignant visit to a town nearly wiped out by the fires. “The only moisture in Eastern Washington was the tears of people who have lost their homes,” said Inslee. “And now we have a blowtorch over our states in the West, which is climate change.”