Substation Projects

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BC Hydro regularly reviews its substation facilities to ensure they meet or exceed current safety and reliability requirements and ensure the electricity needs of our customers continue to be reliably met.

When appropriate, BC Hydro develops plans to maintain, upgrade, or build new substations to ensure we meet demand for electricity in communities across British Columbia.

What's the role of substations?

Substations are the link between the BC Hydro transmission system and the distribution system.

The transmission system delivers the power from where it is generated to the substations. Voltage is reduced at substations for business and residential use, then shared through distribution lines.

Atchelitz Substation The Atchelitz Substation serves approximately 50,000 customers and is located just east of Chilliwack.		Big Bend Substation Burnaby's Big Bend area has emerged as a large, regionally significant industrial location within the Burrard Peninsula.

Buckley Bay Substation The Buckley Bay Substation Project will help meet the growing electricity needs in the Comox Valley by providing safe and reliable power to the region.		Silverdale Substation To address the growing demand for electricity in Mission, BC Hydro is planning construction of the Silverdale Substation Project.

South Wellington Substation The South Wellington Substation Project will help to meet the growing electricity needs in the south Nanaimo area.