Business practices
The business practices listed below provide policy and procedures for doing business with BC Hydro and include specific detail and/or clarification on the implementation of the Open Access Transmission Tariff.
While these govern, transmission customers should also refer to NAESB and WECC for business standards and regional criteria, which we follow in most, but not all, respects.
View our transmission customer business practices
- Short-term business practices
- Settlements and billing
- Long-term business practices
- Supplemental documents and customer registration forms
Making changes to these practices
Typically, new business practices and/or significant modifications to existing business practices will be posted for transmission customers to comment upon within a designated two-week period. If a transmission customer proposes significant modifications to a business practice during this process, which are acceptable to BC Hydro, the business practice will be further amended and posted again for a one-week comment period.
Transmission customers’ comments and/or our responses will be posted for transparency, as deemed appropriate. If no transmission customer comments on the proposed modifications, the amended business practice will be finalized and become effective shortly after the comment period concludes.
Stay informed about our business practices by subscribing to automatic email notifications and by referring to the posted bulletins.
Short-term business practices
| Title |
Last updated |
|---|---|
| Becoming a BC Hydro Transmission Customer [PDF, 422 KB] |
2020 Oct 22 |
| TTC / ATC [PDF, 393 KB] | 2016 Feb 2 |
| Posting of Transmission Service Offerings [PDF, 652 KB] |
2019 Feb 22 |
| Submitting a Short Term Transmission Service Request [PDF, 446 KB] | 2016 Apr 12 |
| Intra-Hour Scheduling of Transmission and Energy [PDF, 293 KB] | 2016 Oct 25 |
| Processing of Short Term Transmission Service Requests [PDF, 487 KB] | 2016 Apr 12 |
| Redirect of a Transmission Reservation [PDF, 392 KB] | 2015 Jul 23 |
| Resale and Transfer of Transmission Rights [PDF, 136 KB] | 2018 Apr 10 |
| Submitting Energy Schedules [PDF, 311 KB] | 2021 Dec 9 |
| Processing of Energy Schedules [PDF, 363 KB] | 2013 Dec 30 |
| Curtailment of Transmission and Energy [PDF, 428 KB] | 2019 Apr 25 |
| Ancillary Services [PDF, 395 KB] | 2015 Jul 22 |
| Network Economy [PDF, 345 KB] | 2018 Mar 9 |
| Title | Last Updated |
|---|---|
| Conditional Firm Service (CFS) [PDF, 481 KB] | 2019 Apr 29 |
| Submitting a Long-Term Transmission Service Request [PDF, 392 KB] |
2019 May 27 |
| Processing of Long-Term Point-to-Point Transmission Service Requests [PDF, 400 KB] | 2019 Mar 13 |
| Long-Term Firm Point-To-Point Partial Service [PDF, 403 KB] | 2019 Mar 13 |
| Rollover of a Long-Term Transmission Reservation [PDF, 386 KB] | 2019 Apr 4 |
| Designation of New Network Resources [PDF, 99 KB] | 2019 Jun 12 |
| Open Season [PDF, 390 KB] |
2019 Jul 4 |
| Performance Metrics and Penalties - Study for Transmission Service Requests [PDF, 317 KB] |
2010 Dec 1 |
Supplemental documents and customer registration forms
- Attestation Form updated 2011 Mar 2 [PDF, 9 KB]
- Ancillary Services Election Form updated 2010 Dec 1 [PDF, 118 KB]
- Shipper's Declaration Form updated 2013 Aug 13 [PDF, 16 KB]
- Supply of Losses Election Form updated 2013 Dec 9 [PDF, 194 KB]
- Sworn Statement updated 2010 Dec 1 [PDF, 110 KB]
- Voluntary Disclosure Posting Form updated 2021 Apr 7 [PDF, 70 KB]
- Key Contacts updated 2017 Aug 22 [PDF, 134 KB]
- BC Hydro Transmission Service Fax Request Form updated 2012 Aug 24 [PDF, 99 KB]
- BC Hydro eTag Fax Request Form updated 2010 Dec 1 [PDF, 51 KB]
- Dynamic Scheduling Transmission Fax Request Form updated 2010 Dec 1 [PDF, 149 KB]
- BC Hydro Customer Contact Information Form [XLS, 28 KB]
The agreements page includes additional documents