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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 ...
*Waneta Dam has been wholly owned by BC Hydro since July 2018 [6] after Fortis BC finalized an agreement with Teck to sell its 66% interest in the dam, but BC Hydro had first rights to purchase the remaining 66% from its first 1/3 ownership deal.
BC Hydro shut down the station in 2016 after the completion of enough replacement capacity at the Mica Generating Station. [ 4 ] After the gas turbines were decommissioned, four of the six generator units had their drive shafts cut and were converted to synchronous condenser operation, providing reactive power to the transmission system.
FortisBC is a British Columbia based regulated utility that provides natural gas and electricity. FortisBC has approximately 2,600 employees serving more than 1.2 million customers in 135 B.C. communities and 58 First Nations communities across 150 Traditional Territories.
Its mandate is to undertake hydro-electricity projects in the Columbia River region of British Columbia. In so doing, it is required to work with its sister crown corporation the Columbia Basin Trust. Its assets include: Brilliant Dam 145 MW purchased from Teck Cominco in 1996 [1] Brilliant Expansion 120 MW
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.
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On the west side of the Nechako reservoir, a 16-kilometre (9.9 mi) long water intake tunnel running through the Coast Mountain range diverts river water to penstocks for a huge 790-metre (2,590 ft) [1] vertical drop to the power station at the former company town of Kemano, BC. [2]