Stakeholder Engagement

A culture of conservation

As the demand for energy grows, BC Hydro will face many challenges and choices in delivering the province's electricity supply in the future.

One of our long-term goals is to develop and foster a culture of conservation in British Columbia that will motivate our customers to make a dramatic, and permanent reduction in electricity consumption.

To achieve our ambitious targets for electricity savings laid out in the BC Energy Plan – including 50% of new demand offset by conservation by 2020 – BC Hydro needs new and innovative approaches. We recognize that we do not have all the solutions and that we need to continue to work with First Nations, stakeholders, and communities to achieve our goals.

Principles of engagement

BC Hydro believes that respectful stakeholder engagement promotes learning and innovation through fair, transparent, inclusive, and responsive processes.

Learning from First Nations, stakeholders and communities means respecting and acknowledging the contribution they can make to BC Hydro's intellectual capital, and to the development of socially equitable, environmentally sustainable, and economically viable decisions and solutions that support to BC Hydro's purpose and values.

BC Hydro recognizes that First Nations occupy unique legal, historical and social circumstances, and that the company's relationship with First Nations is distinct from other stakeholder groups. In recognition of the unique rights of First Nations under Section 35 of the Constitution Act, BC Hydro works with First Nations as directed by the company's Aboriginal Relations and Negotiations Department.

Ongoing engagement initiatives

Electricity Conservation & Efficiency Advisory Committee

The EC&E Advisory Committee provides input and advice on BC Hydro’s conservation and efficiency initiatives, as well as generating new ideas to inspire a conservation culture in B.C.

Rates Working Group

The Rates Working Group provides critical feedback to help BC Hydro understand how rates – when used as a conservation tool – can impact customer interests.

Split Incentives Working Group

The Split Incentives Working Group helps identify the specific barriers to energy conservation and efficiency for developers, property owners and occupants, as well as to formulate solutions and recommendations for BC Hydro.

Strategic Framework Working Group

The Strategic Framework Working Group helps to build on BC Hydro’s current strategic areas of focus and develop a strategic framework that can be used by BC Hydro to pursue our conservation and efficiency goal.

Get involved

To find out more on how you can get involved, please email the Stakeholder Engagement department at BC Hydro.