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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 ...
This list includes all grid-connected hydroelectric generating stations not owned by the Crown Corporation BC Hydro. This list includes stations owned and operated by Independent Power Producers as well as by private utilities such as Nelson Hydro and FortisBC. In some cases, such as Lois Lake and Powell Lake, the electricity generated may be ...
Arrow Lakes. The Arrow Lakes in British Columbia, Canada, divided into Upper Arrow Lake and Lower Arrow Lake, are widenings of the Columbia River. The lakes are situated between the Selkirk Mountains to the east and the Monashee Mountains to the west. Beachland is fairly rare and is interspersed with rocky headlands and steep cliffs.
The Stave Falls Dam is a 122 m (400 ft) long concrete-gravity and rock-fill dam with a crest width of 5 m (16 ft). The Blind Slough Dam, 400 m (1,312 ft) to the north, is a 190 m (623 ft) long concrete-gravity dam with an 8.5 m (28 ft) wide crest. The Blind Slough Dam serves as a spillway which consists of 10 tainter gates and four sluice gates.
Hydroelectric development began on the Peace River in 1968 and continues to be an important source of renewable energy for British Columbia's main electricity provider, BC Hydro. The river’s first dam, the W. A. C. Bennett Dam, was completed in 1968 and is British Columbia's largest dam and the third-largest hydroelectric facility in Canada ...
The dam was named after Hugh Llewellyn Keenleyside, the Canadian ambassador to Mexico, 1944–1947. Hugh Keenleyside served as the chairman of the British Columbia Power Commission and co-chairman at the British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority from 1962 to 1969. The Arrow Lakes reservoir is described by BC Hydro as a "great waterway for ...
Site C dam. The Site C Dam is a hydroelectric dam currently under construction on the Peace River, 14 kilometers southwest of Fort St. John in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. It is located approximately 80 kilometers downstream from the W. A. C. Bennett Dam. When completed in 2025, it will become the fourth largest producer of ...
Whatshan Lake. Whatshan Dam Powerhouse 49.910398°N 118.071750°W. Whatshan Dam was built by the B.C. Power Commission and completed in 1952. [2] It is a concrete hydroelectric dam on the Whatshan River in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The Whatshan powerhouse has undergone three major transformations since 1951 when it was first ...