Comment 52906

By Cityjoe (anonymous) | Posted December 09, 2010 at 17:57:17

After dealing with a 4 hour water outage last week & a 4+ hour power outage on Sunday night (& another short one last night), I'd like to reiterate that if the GHA wants to see high tech industries relocating here, (or any investments really) they had better get this ancient redonkulous infrastructure fixed, sooner rather than later.

I don't know about the deterrent qualities of pulling subsidies, but the cost of repairing & updating the grid in the GHA is going to enormous. That is going to result in much higher hydro bills, & it that doesn't put use on a tight leash, I don't know what will. Add in 15% HST over those costs, & you have yourself a bigger problem.

(Who's to say the current outdated & decrepit system isn't wasting a lot of power with inefficient delivery?)

There is never any explanation given for these power outages, I know. I've tried to get one. I guess Glanbrooke must be our "Wild West'. What happens in Glanbrooke stays in Glanbrooke?

If I were a suspicious person, (& I am) I might just wonder if the decision for the City to service the Airport Lands development would have anything to do with these incidents, since they began to happen with more frequency & severity right after that decision was made, assuming that Glanbrooke will be the hook up point for both hydro & water services to the development.

In this area we are good for several 'Quickies' a month, often several in a week, no matter what the weather conditions or the demand. The power will go off for a split second, several times in the course of 10 seconds. This does appliances, & all thing electrical No Good at all. It's annoying to have to re-set clocks on appliances several times in a day. Destroyed computers are the norm., no matter how expensive & advanced the anti power surge unit. The destruction of computer #6 in our house was accomplished not by the initial 4 hour power out, but the 'up & downity' of over 20 power surges that happened after 11 p.m. until past midnight.

Standing in line for 1/2 an hour @ the supermarket to get 4 hot meals & hot beverages wasn't what I wanted to do @ 7 p.m. on Sunday night. Have we become those 'Eastern bastards, freezing in the dark'?

Annoying & expensive for the home owner, but an absolute disaster for high tech companies who need precise temperatures, & timing to be perfectly adjusted.(One wonders if this is why the Minhas's (Boxer Beer)decided to not open a brewery here.

Brewing beer is an exact science. If they could not be sure of pure local water (flush that tap, & shut down the brewing, or end up throw out thousands of dollars worth of product)& a hydro grid that was constantly in rebellion, why come here at all?

One local supermarket now has an extensive generator system. Unfortunately many smaller business' do not. For the past 4 years, there has been a major power outage on the 1st. or 2nd. Saturday in December, (& sometimes Both!) when stores rely heavily on Christmas revenues.

What kind of a message does this kind of thing send to investors, & business people who may be thinking about re-locating here? If they are going to get 3rd World infrastructure, why not just go the 3rd World, & save on everything else?

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