Gigawatt Hours (GWh)

	F2002	F2003	F2004	F2005	F2006	F2007	F2008	F2009
Target	N/A	164	417	104	0	0	0	70
Actual	49	158	460	104	0	0	0

BC Hydro's Resource Smart was introduced in the late 1980s. It provides additional electricity to the BC Hydro system by modifying, updating and retrofitting our existing generating facilities. This means increased efficiency and electricity production with generally low or no incremental environmental impact. Since its inception, this program has added almost 1,300 gigawatt hours (GWh) of annual production, enough to power 130,000 homes.

This year, we are upgrading our heritage assets at the Revelstoke Generating Station on the Columbia River by constructing an additional generating unit that would yield approximately 500 MW of additional generating capacity and 130 GWh of annual electricity production. The fifth unit at Revelstoke is scheduled for commercial service in fiscal year 2011. A key component of closing the growing energy gap is through Resource Smart projects such as installing the fifth generator at Revelstoke, and redeveloping and expanding some of our existing sites such as Aberfeldie, John Hart and Ruskin. Aberfeldie is scheduled for commercial service at the end of 2008. Delivering on these projects is critical to ensuring that future generations of British Columbians can enjoy the same benefits of low-cost, reliable power that we do today. These potential large-scale resource projects represent complex decisions and require long lead-times to plan and develop. Any possible projects pursued by us would require provincial and federal regulatory approvals and would involve a significant level of First Nations, community and stakeholder engagement as well as technical study and environmental review.

Resource Smart Energy Gains Delivered are the projected, long-term average incremental energy gains for existing generation facilities that are put into service during the year. Targets are based on the identification, study and implementation of projects that provide economic energy gains at existing BC Hydro facilities, and typically have little incremental environmental impact. These targets support the 2007 BC Energy Plan objectives of zero net greenhouse gas emissions for all new electricity generation projects and to ensure renewable and clean electricity generation continues to account for at least 90 per cent of total generation. In fiscal 2009, 70 GWh of new energy is planned for BC Hydro's Aberfeldie dam and 130 GWh is planned for fiscal 2011 at the Revelstoke generating facility.