That 117 mw's is made up, show the proof. The provincial load is around 9 gigawatts, kind of hard to pick 100 mw's out of the noise on that graph.

Interesting that they can measure all those other places, but not PG.

Once more we have that enquiring minds want to know question: "Why not us?"

And that other obvious one. "why did they not know we are participating?"

Oh, and one more: "Does anyone really care?"

Wonderful, the big city of Pouce Coupe, population under 800 can be measured but once again PG is left out on a limb....figures...glad i kept the lights running strong....

What a nonsense, turning the light off for one hour....what good does that do? People leave their lights on all over the place, city hall lights are on all night, university lights are on all night, and on and on. That one hour "lights offs" is just a gimmick to make hypocrites feel good about caring for the environment. Lol. What's next? One night no sex to prevent over population???

I can only say I got to spend an hour with my wife in the dark surrounded by candles and completely enjoyed the evening!!! If it saved money great. if not great, my wife and I did our part, and we totally enjoyed some wine, some candles, and some "alone time"..we saved the province some electicity, we made a mark (no matter how small) on earth hour, and I can't wait till next year so we can do it again.. haha.

Or maybe we can have an "earth hour" more than once a year?? like once a week?? haha

It was a peaceful evening anyways one much enjoyed by us. I would strongly suggest it in the future if not for any other reason than to enjoy an hour with nothing but candles and good conversation ( amongst other things ) with your "significant other".

Have a good one PG!! ...;)

Who really gives a rats......

Where did all the power that was **saved** go???

Did Hydro cut back on production at WAC Bennet Dam???, or was it plowed into the ground, or disipated into the air.

The whole process is beyond my ability to fatham. I could see some sense in it if the power you saved was from diesel generators, and therefore you backed them off and burnt less diesel. Same would apply to natural gas generation, however I cant see the connection with electricity generated by water.

Elucidate please.

I know it's not April 1, but it feels like it.

pretty stupid eh?

Palopu, they shut down turbines when the demand is low. In other words the water they saved is power for another day when demand is high like when the US needs more power for their AC's at night. Yes, shut the water off going down the penstock to the turbine stores the power in the extra water they have.

Check this link out for more information on how Hydroelectricity works
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEL7yc8R42k

NoSeverance, There isn't a lack of water, so saving water due to us turning out our lights means nothing.

It probably wasn't "measured" in North Korea too! Still being below zero at night (March 27) here means AGW isn't even close to bothering me. All traces of snow should be gone by June. Is this cold weather here gonna count on the overall average? My climate model says no.

So where did those candles come from?

Found this earth hour around the world

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/03/27/what-did-you-do-for-earth-hour-the-yawn-reality/

I didn't think you would understand Dragonmaster

Thats odd because I am sure that last year there were numbers given as to how much less PG used during earth hour. But I also agree it is just a bunch of BS made to make the gullible feel good about themselves 1 day a year.

I understand fully my friend. You're saying we saved water for tomorrows generation.

I'm saying, no matter how many generators they shut down to save how many million gallons of water, it will make no difference because we never run short of water.

Perhaps you don't understand!

they are probably giving it away to those cry babys south of the border...they have done it before....