Hydro-Quebec Quits Industry Group In Fight Over Kyoto - TGM

MONTREAL -- "Hydro-Québec has pulled out of the national electricity industry association in a disagreement over the Kyoto climate change treaty, reflecting the deep divisions and confusion across the industry over how to implement the accord.

The rupture also pits producers of so-called "clean" renewable energy -- such as hydroelectric utilities like Hydro-Québec -- against electricity companies that use so-called "dirty" energy like coal, such as TransAlta Corp. of Calgary.

"We don't know where we're going" in terms of implementing Kyoto, said Michel Bourbonnière, manager of environmental performance issues at Hydro-Québec, Canada's biggest electric utility.

Hydro-Québec quit the Ottawa-based Canadian Electricity Association last month after deciding that the Quebec utility wasn't making sufficient progress in being fully recognized for its role as a producer of clean energy, Mr. Bourbonnière said in an interview."

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