BC Hydro

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
Trade name	BC Hydro
Company type	Crown Corporation
Industry	Electric utility
Founded	1961
Headquarters	333 Dunsmuir Street; Vancouver, British Columbia; V6B 5R3
Area served	British Columbia
Key people	Chris O'Riley, President & CEO
Products	Electricity generation, transmission and distribution
Revenue	CA$7.591 billion (2022)
Net income	CA$668 million (2022)
Total assets	CA$42.734 billion (2022)
Owner	Government of British Columbia
Number of employees	6128 (2011)
Website	www.bchydro.com

The British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, operating as BC Hydro, is a Canadian electric utility in the province of British Columbia. It is the main electricity distributor, serving more than 4 million customers in most areas,^[3] with the exception of the City of New Westminster, where the city runs its own electrical department^[4] and portions of the West Kootenay, Okanagan, the Boundary Country and Similkameen regions, where FortisBC, a subsidiary of Fortis Inc. directly provides electric service to 213,000 customers and supplies municipally owned utilities in the same area.^[5] As a provincial Crown corporation, BC Hydro reports to the BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation, and is regulated by the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC). Its mandate is to generate, purchase, distribute and sell electricity.

BC Hydro operates 32 hydroelectric facilities and three natural gas-fueled thermal power plants. As of 2014, 95 per cent of the province's electricity was produced by hydroelectric generating stations, which consist mostly of large hydroelectric dams on the Columbia and Peace rivers.^[6] BC Hydro's various facilities generate between 43,000 and 54,000 gigawatt hours of electricity annually, depending on prevailing water levels. BC Hydro's nameplate capacity is about 11,000 megawatts.^[7]

Electricity is delivered through a network of 18,286 kilometers of transmission lines and 55,254 kilometers of distribution lines. For the 2013-2014 fiscal year, the domestic electric sales volume was 53,018 gigawatt hours, revenue was CA$5.392 billion and net income was CA$549 million.^[8]

^ ^a ^b ^c Cite error: The named reference 2022HydroReport was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ BC Hydro (2011). "LA1 Number of Active Employees, by Contract Type". Retrieved 2013-02-18.
^ BC Hydro (2019), BC Hydro quick facts (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-06-27, retrieved 2022-05-16
^ Electrical | City of New Westminster. Newwestcity.ca. Retrieved on 2014-04-12.
^ FortisBC, About Fortis BC, retrieved 2011-06-30
^ BC Hydro (July 17, 2014). "BC Hydro's System". Archived from the original on 2013-04-19. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
^ BC Hydro (July 29, 2009). "Our Facilities". Archived from the original on 2010-07-31. Retrieved 2009-12-22.
^ BC Hydro (2014). BC Hydro 2014 Annual Report (PDF). Vancouver. Retrieved 2014-07-20.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[2022HydroReport-1] Cite error: The named reference 2022HydroReport was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[LA1_Num_Employee-2] BC Hydro (2011). "LA1 Number of Active Employees, by Contract Type". Retrieved 2013-02-18.

[BCHydro_Facts-3] BC Hydro (2019), BC Hydro quick facts (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-06-27, retrieved 2022-05-16

[4] Electrical | City of New Westminster. Newwestcity.ca. Retrieved on 2014-04-12.

[5] FortisBC, About Fortis BC, retrieved 2011-06-30

[6] BC Hydro (July 17, 2014). "BC Hydro's System". Archived from the original on 2013-04-19. Retrieved 2014-07-17.

[7] BC Hydro (July 29, 2009). "Our Facilities". Archived from the original on 2010-07-31. Retrieved 2009-12-22.

[BCH2014-8] BC Hydro (2014). BC Hydro 2014 Annual Report (PDF). Vancouver. Retrieved 2014-07-20.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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