If it doesn't make sense its probably not true (Judge Judy)

UPDATE:  

It was reported in the Star  in 2013

 Last year Nelson’s hydro plant ran at full capacity from the last week in April until the first week in August due to the higher-than-normal snowpack, rainfall, and runoff that combined for the highest river levels in nearly 40 years.

The 90 gigawatt hours the plant produced was the most in its 107-year history and resulted in a $500,000 windfall for the company, which is normally under contract to sell surplus power to BC Hydro at a fixed rate. Last year, however, BC Hydro also had a surplus of power and didn’t need any more.

 That was confusing?  Did the city sell to someone else? since hydro didn't buy it, the statement
"resulted in a $500,000 windfall" didn't make sense?

I asked Mr. Love to clarify--- his reply

This was a few years ago.

It has only been once that I know of that BC Hydro has advised it did not need the generation from our plant. We generated as much as possible and either used it ourselves or if there was excess, on an hour by hour basis, sold the excess to FortisBC.

The rate to sell to BC Hydro is a bit less than a cent whereas to sell to FortisBC we get their avoided cost of power purchase currently about 4 c  thus we much prefer to sell to FortisBC.

In years where BC Hydro does want power we still generally have some excess that we sell to FortisBC. BC Hydro claims on certain portion of the generation as part of a water license agreement from years ago.

Its 2015, 2013, is not a few years ago, its recent and at the spring hydro budget meeting this year 2015, Mr. Love said something like NH had made record power over 90GWh for 3 of the last 5 years.

If information for several years, although not current, it shows that BC Hydro purchased over 90% of any excess power Nelson hydro made,  todays price is  0.7 cents/kWh.  Less than a penny.
From the consulting engineers report all the summer power from april through September if sold to BC Hydro wouldn't make $211.

What is really going on?

If Nelson made a windfall $500,000 from excess power made from April through August, although a record year, it seems logical that Nelson may not have record years like that, but certainly would make all its own power.   Why would Nelson spend possibly $300,000 or more on a solar project that can't make enough power for 4 average canadian homes a year, and little more than one average home from September through April?

Political reasons to appear green at all our expense?  There is no other explanation.  This is why Nelson is becoming unaffordable.