The Eye of the Wind energy tower, which sits majestically atop Grouse Mountain, has already become a landmark. But it's yet to generate one watt of electricity.
In January, Grouse Mountain and BC Hydro signed a Power Iteration Agreement, a standard form outlining how the Eye of the Wind mill would be hooked up to the BC Hydro power system.
BC Hydro said Grouse has yet to live up to its end of the agreement when it comes to metering and monitoring the generator.
Grouse officials said they have the ability to meter and monitor the Eye of the Wind.
"The metering and monitoring that Hydro would like us to put in place are already in place in some form," said William Mbaho of Grouse Mountain. "We have them here. They are currently not the standard that BC Hydro wants them to be, but they work fine."
BC Hydro said the rules are the rules.
"They're being treated the same as any other generation project of that size and we have many in the province of B.C. and all of them have satisfied the requirements," said BC Hydro's Dag Sharman.
Grouse Mountain will not reveal how much it cost to build the Eye of the Wind, but it must have been in the millions of dollars. It is estimated to cost another $35,000 to bring the system up to BC Hydro's standards.
The result is a stalemate, with both sides refusing to budge, as immobile as the giant blades of the Eye of the Wind.
With a report from CTV British Columbia's David Kincaid
