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BC Hydro generates the vast majority of its power by harnessing moving or falling water to produce electrical energy. BC Hydro is responsible for generating between 43,000 and 56,000 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity per year.
Electricity is delivered to our customers through a network of over 75,000 kilometres of transmission and distribution lines, approximately 300 substations, 900,000 utility poles and 325,000 individual transformers.
Learn more about BC Hydro’s system & operations.
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BC Hydro > 2008 LTAP - Appendix B3 Clean or Renewable Electricity ...
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BC Hydro > Responses to CEI IR No_1
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What does UN's warning on climate change mean for BC Hydro?
... So what does the latest Intergovernmental Panel on ... to be there to generate electricity,https://www.bchydro.com/news/unplug_this_blog/2014/un-warning-on-climate-change.html - 30k
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2014_02_28 BC Hydro Application to Amend RS 1289 for Net Metering ...
... sufficient to allow most customers to generate 10 ... or part of their electricity demandhttps://www.bchydro.com/content/dam/BCHydro/customer-portal/documents/corporate/independent-power-producers-calls-for-power/net-metering/application-to-amend-rate-schedule-1289-net-metering.pdf -
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Water Licence Renewal Project
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alternatives to renewing ... operating our facilities to generate electricity and plan ... -
Smart meters are about modernizing the grid
... BC Hydro has been in the business of delivering safe ... What does a modern electricityhttps://www.bchydro.com/news/conservation/2011/smart_meters_vanruyven.html - 31k
system look like? ... example in the future, customers could generate their own ... -
Smart meter installations & grid modernization begin
... sustainable electricity grid where you could generate your own ... The Smart Meteringhttps://www.bchydro.com/news/conservation/2011/smart_meter_modernization.html - 30k
Program will help BC Hydro keep its ... How does a smart meter help me monitor my ... -
December 19, 2014
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This Week at BC Hydro for 2014 ... on the Peace River in northern BC using water ... -
Climate change and the effect on BC's rivers
... Hydroelectric dams generate electricity by feeding water through ... Sean Fleming workshttps://www.bchydro.com/news/conservation/2009/climate_change_rivers.html - 28k
in BC Hydro's Hydrology & ... Services Group, where he does river forecasting ... -
BC Hydro supports mills' efficiency, generation plans
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before BC Hydro agrees to ... more energy efficient and generate more power ...
