Northwest B.C. First Nations could have ownership stake in major BC Hydro project
BC Hydro wants to sell a portion of the planned expansion project of its hydro-electric power transmission network from Prince George to Terrace to area First Nations.
A list of potential First Nations owners was not provided but this new line would roughly parallel the existing 500 kilovolt line running 450 kilometres from the Williston Substation south of Prince George to the Glennann Substation near Fraser Lake, to the Telkwa Substation between Houston and Telkwa and then to the Skeena Substation south of Terrace.
The planned expansion of BC Hydro’s power supply to the northwest follows it receiving expressions of interest from 29 current and potential customers in the region this spring.“The results provide strong justification for the proposed new 500 kilovolt transmission infrastructure from Prince George to Terrace,” said Aquino.
LNG Canada’s two production “trains” now under construction will use natural gas to compress natural gas into a super-cold liquid form for export but it is now talking to BC Hydro about using electricity if it decides to add two more trains.And Ksi Lisims LNG, now undergoing an environmental review, is billing itself as a potential clean producer of liquefied natural gas by using electricity instead of natural gas.
BC Hydro did sign substantial economic benefits agreements providing money and jobs to First Nations when it built the 344-kilometre long Northwest Transmission Line running north of the Skeena Substation in the last decade.
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