BC Hydro increasing electricity capacity with Revelstoke project

B.C. Hydro will be increasing its electricity capacity with upgrades to a generating system in the Southern Interior.

The utility provider said it had begun construction of a sixth unit at the Revelstoke Generating Station, which should add 500 megawatts of capacity to the system. Upgrades will also be made to Units 1 through 4 at that system.

Another 500 megawatts of capacity will be added with the modernization of a station near Chetwynd and Fort St. John in Northern B.C. These combined 1,000 megawatts will translate to an increase of 7 per cent to B.C.’s electricity supply.

“We are taking significant action to optimize B.C.’s clean-energy system, including building a brand-new sixth generating unit at the Revelstoke Generating Station, modernizing Units 1-5 at the G.M. Shrum Generating Station, and making other upgrades at sites throughout the province,” Adrian Dix, Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions, stated.