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The British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, operating as BC Hydro, is a Canadian electric utility in the province of British Columbia.It is the main electricity distributor, serving more than 4 million customers in most areas, [3] with the exception of the City of New Westminster, where the city runs its own electrical department [4] and portions of the West Kootenay, Okanagan, the ...
Crown corporations in BC are public-sector organizations established and funded by the Government of British Columbia to provide specialized goods and services to citizens. [1] They operate at varying levels of government control, depending on how they are defined, funded, and the kinds of services they provide.
The Northern Intertie crosses the Canada–US border in two locations at Blaine, Washington and Nelway, British Columbia and connects to two BC Hydro AC 500 kV lines and several lower voltage lines. [2] Because BPA owns and operates transmission equipment and locations, its workers perform its own vegetation management. [3]
The British Columbia (BC) government focuses on its debt measured as net debt (also called net liabilities). Its net debt is defined as its total debt minus its total financial assets, which consist chiefly of investments in commercial publicly-owned corporations, such as BC Hydro.
Pages in category "BC Hydro" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * BC Hydro; 0–9.
In 2014 BC had the largest volume of electricity imports in Canada (9700 Mwh), from the Western Interconnection in the US which is 60% fossil fueled. [57] [58] BC Hydro typically imports power during off-peak hours when thermal plants in the US and Alberta have excess power for sale, then exports hydropower during peak hours when prices are higher.
BC Hydro (33 P, 1 F) Pages in category "Hydroelectric power companies of Canada" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
BC Hydro awarded Long Lake Hydro a Power Purchase Agreement in the 2008 Clean Energy Call. This project is a retrofit of a decommissioned storage dam that was built in about 1938 and used to supply power to the nearby Premier mine. The mine, which was last operated by Westmin Resources, closed in the 1990s and has since been decommissioned.