B.C. Hydro Seeks Baseload Power

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Capacity crunch? B.C. Hydro seeks proposals for more backup power for provincial grid

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B.C. Hydro is considering options for geothermal, pump-storage hydro or even grid-scale batteries.

Hydro is in the third year of drought conditions that have pushed it to being a net importer of electricity.

Critics of the government’s energy policy look at the announcement as evidence of a strain on the electricity grid.

“There is some policy cognitive dissonance, shutting down existing capacity when they say we need more,” says ex-minister.

This component does include a target to reduce some 2,000 gigawatt-hours worth of electricity use, the equivalent of powering 200,000 homes, to free up power for potential new industrial users. Hydro CEO Chris O’Riley said the utility wants to talk with potential partners about new technologies that could expand its “leading energy-efficiency programs.” “We are looking beyond the near term and opening up exploration of the next chapter of B.C. ’s energy future,” O’Riley said..

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