Meanwhile in Alberta TransAlta shuts generators down during peak demand periods to jack up the price of electricity. 

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/video/video-transalta-face-millions-in-fines-over-price-fixing/article25734712/

BC NDP fans like to claim that the NDP balanced the BC budget in the last months, based on a paper surplus based on power sales to California, via Enron, during the artificial power crisis. That power was generated by burning natural gas at the Burrard Thermal Generating plant, at a time when Enron was also manipulating the supply of Natural Gas, so it wasn't just a case of water thru the hydro dam with no cost except a bit of wear on the generator. BC Hydro burned 100s of megabucks of Gas generating the power, and instead of a getting a billion as revenue it had to pay  28 million in fines.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/bc-hydro-transalta-owe-california-millions-us-judge-rules/article8944884/