BC Hydro’s plan to double the amount of electricity it now transmits to the northwest signals an overall vision of an expanded liquefied natural gas export industry for the region.
So far, the provincial crown corporation has not revealed its list of potential customers for the extra power other than to say there’s interest from liquefied natural gas interests as well as mines, ports and other potential large-scale users.
Open houses being conducted by BC Hydro from Prince George to Terrace this month indicate only plans to build three 500kv lines from Prince George to Terrace in two separate phases, the first from Prince George to the Glenannan Substation and then from that substation to the Terrace Substation south of Terrace.
They would generally follow the route of the three existing 500kv lines that now run to the Terrace Substation.
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