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Documentary. The story of the vast coal deposits in the Hat Creek Valley near Cache Creek, and B.C. Hydro's studies regarding potential thermal generation of electricity. Local residents' points-of-view, both for and against the proposed project, are presented. (Power Perspectives 1979.)

Industrial film. A progress report on studies of the McGregor Diversion, a plan to boost the power output capacities of both the Bennett and Site One dams on the Peace River. The proposal was to dam the McGregor River and its tributaries, creating a large reservoir of water that would reach the dams via the Parsnip River and Williston Lake. The engineering, environmental effects, downstream flood control value, social impacts and costs of the plan are considered.

Educational. Proposed methods of harnessing the incredible energy of coastal tides, wave action and ocean currents, and the thermal gradient of warm surface water and cold depths. This film has special application to the B.C. coast and features scenes of familiar areas that have been surveyed for power generation.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1980-08 SUMMARY: Music composed by Doug Parker for a BC Hydro slide presentation about electrical power and energy conservation on Vancouver Island. The presentation, originally entitled PEAK OF PLENTY, was revised and re-titled THE ENERGY DILEMMA, August 1980.