Dollars (in millions)

	F2002	F2003	F2004	F2005	F2006
Payment to the Province	333	338	73	339	223

BC Hydro is required to make an annual Payment to the Province equal to 85 per cent of its distributable surplus. Distributable surplus is calculated as consolidated net income adjusted for interest capitalized during construction and related amortization. In addition to the Payment to the Province of $223 million, BC Hydro paid $419 million in water rentals, school taxes, grants and other taxes to provincial and municipal governments in F2006.