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How does BC Hydro generate electricity?
Generation
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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What does UN's warning on climate change mean for BC Hydro?
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2014_02_28 BC Hydro Application to Amend RS 1289 for Net Metering ...
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Demand dilemma:
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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 - 32k
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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 - 31k
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December 19, 2014
... What does electric generation in the Peace region look like ... be the last edition ofhttps://www.bchydro.com/newsletters/this-week/this-week-dec-19-2014.html - 44k
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 - 29k
in BC Hydro's Hydrology & ... Services Group, where he does river forecasting ... -
BC Hydro supports mills' efficiency, generation plans
... in additional power generation facilities generally does not make ... more energy efficienthttps://www.bchydro.com/news/conservation/2010/ipo_domtar.html - 28k
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2005 Resource Options Report
... scope of resource types available to generate electricity in BC ... On June 13, 2005,https://www.bchydro.com/toolbar/about/planning-for-our-future/irp/past-plans/2006-iep/2005_resource_options_report.html - 25k
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Long-term energy outlook a story of energy, capacity needs
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electricity (eg, when ... resources provide energy for the BC Hydro system, they ...
