Utilities board backs away after charging that power-line protesters hired ‘agitator’

Archie McLean, The Edmonton Journal

Published: Tuesday, August 28

EDMONTON – Opponents of a proposed power line in central Alberta are outraged at statements from an Alberta Energy Utilities Board spokesman suggesting they hired a professional agitator to help their cause.

“The allegation that I’m some kind of hired gun is ludicrous,” said James Roof, a Montana-based environmentalist.

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http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=1fbd823e-284f-4f7c-a674-051982dbb707

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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http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/opinion/story.html?id=21837df3-056d-445c-a310-4c94dad1b062

2 Americans say they were spied on during call

Jeff Holubitsky, The Edmonton Journal

Published: Thursday, August 23

“This is what we get from deregulation, private companies making public decisions.”

The EUB should never have hired private investigators, he said

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http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=4106e3a6-e88d-499f-bc43-cb6bfd4d0977&p=2

EDMONTON (AP) — A member of Montana’s Public Service Commission says he is concerned about allegations that Alberta’s Energy and Utilities Board spied on landowners opposed to a massive power line.

PSC Commissioner Ken Toole said he was told the Alberta board hired private detectives to spy on landowners who are against the power line project that will stretch from central Alberta south into Montana.

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http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007708240377

EDMONTON, Alberta – A member of Montana’s Public Service Commission says he’s concerned about allegations that Alberta’s Energy and Utilities Board spied on landowners opposed to a massive power line.

PSC Commissioner Ken Toole says he was told that the Alberta board hired private detectives to spy on landowners who are against the power line project that will stretch from central Alberta south into Montana.

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http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2007/08/23/bnews/br66.txt