Operational update - BC Hydro
1 day ago — 11:30 a.m. update. VANCOUVER: Strong winds and heavy rain have left about 100,000 BC Hydro customers in the Lower Mainland, Sunshine Coast, Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands without power. The hardest hit areas are Surrey, White Rock, Victoria and Sechelt. BC Hydro has been carefully planning for this storm and has all available BC Hydro ...
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Southern B.C. experiences mass power outages after storm
19 hours ago — BC Hydro says crews are busy replacing power lines, poles and other equipment to get the lights back on. In a further update, BC Hydro says as of 10 p.m. nearly 39,000 customers are without power. Around 80 per cent of them are in the Lower Mainland and on the Sunshine Coast, and 20 per cent on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands.
Power restored to 95% of customers after windstorm, BC Hydro says
41 minutes ago — An RV with a destroyed roof following a fierce windstorm in Chilliwack Nov. 4, 2024. (Stacey McAmmond-Moore) BC Hydro says crews have restored power to about 95 per cent of the 290,000 customers affected by Monday's windstorm. As of 6 a.m. Tuesday (Nov. 5), BC Hydro says 16,000 customers remain without power.
BC wind storm: 95% of Hydro customers reconnected
2 hours ago — The province’s electricity provider says 95 per cent of the customers cut off by Monday’s windstorm have been reconnected to the power grid. As of 6 a.m. Tuesday, about 16,000 customers were without power, with 11,000 of these in the Lower Mainland and on the Sunshine Coast. BC Hydro adds the remaining customers are on Vancouver Island and ...
Thousands without power as storm warnings blanket B.C. - CTV News
23 hours ago — More than 100,000 hydro customers on British Columbia's south coast were without electricity Monday morning as high winds and heavy rains downed power lines and prompted storm warnings across much ...
Boat and truck-tipping winds: B.C. crews work to restore power …
2 hours ago — B.C. Hydro crews are making progress in restoring power after a windstorm hit on Monday.. The strong winds knocked out power for thousands of customers in coastal areas of British Columbia and a ...
The massive Site C dam has begun generating power for B.C.'s ... - CBC.ca
Oct 28, 2024 — Project will increase B.C.'s electricity supply by 8 per cent, B.C. Hydro says. The reservoir at the Site C hydroelectric project on Aug. 25, 2024, as it was filling with water. (B.C. Hydro) After ...
Reservoir filling begins on Site C project - BC Hydro
Aug 25, 2024 — It will take about two to four months to fill the Site C reservoir, with water levels rising between 30 centimetres and three metres a day. The Site C reservoir will be 83-kilometres long, cover about 5,550 hectares of land, and will have a …
B.C. Hydro seeking new energy projects as demand for power grows
Apr 3, 2024 — As the province grapples with the consequences of climate change and drought, B.C. Hydro is putting out a "competitive call for power" in an effort to generate more electricity in coming...