BRITISH COLUMBIA ELECTRICITY SUPPLY

A complete listing of where elecritcal supply is generated in BC

Photo: BC Hydro's Revelstoke Dam

In the ongoing fight to keep BC's rivers wild and power public, as our province moves to lower our greenhouse gas emmissions, it is useful to know where and how electricity is generated in BC. This report, compliled by long-time enviro-researher Trevor Jones, lists elecrical generation stations in BC.

BC's elecrical generation system is mostly publically owned, and already has one of the lowest greenhouse gas emmission records of any system on Earth. Through conservation, and smart policy choices, such as focusing on more transit - not more freeways, BC can use our publically owned power system to greatly reduce our over-all greenhouse gas emmissions.

But before we can do that, we all need to understand some of the basics. This report does that - it answers the question "How much electricity do we have and where does it come from?"