2001 Triple Bottom Line Report - BC Hydro

W U P P R O J E C T U P D A T E S
Each WUP process covers nine steps from initiation to
submitting a draft plan, followed by four stages of review
and monitoring. Status of processes underway is as follows:
• ASH – completing steps two through four by confirming
participants, setting objectives and developing preliminary
performance measures.
• BRIDGE RIVER – at steps five and six; 15 studies
are completed and the committee is creating operating
alternatives for the facility, following completion of data
gathering pertaining to the impact of water flows and
reservoir operations on plan objectives.
• CAMPBELL RIVER – at steps four, five and six;
environmental studies continue and the committee is establishing
performance measures; fine-tuning of alternative operating
regimes for the facilities will take place over the fall of 2001.
• CHEAKAMUS – at step four; the committee has
confirmed issues surrounding operation of the facility and
expressed them in terms of specific water use objectives,
and now is working to establish performance measures prior to
considering alternatives; 13 studies are completed or underway.
British Columbia’s demand for electricity continues to grow.
With existing and committed facilities, BC Hydro can meet
customer needs until 2006/07. Beyond 2007, electricity could
be supplied from a wide range of resources such as energy
conservation, wind, small and micro-hydro, pumped storage,
biomass, fuel cells, wave, thermal and large hydro.
• COQUITLAM/ BUNTZEN – at steps five and six;
data gathering on the Coquitlam River is in progress,
with 12 studies completed or underway, and the committee
is beginning to create operating alternatives for evaluation.
• JORDAN RIVER – at steps five and six; two studies
are completed, and the committee has confirmed operating
issues and developed initial operating alternatives.
• MICA/ REVELSTOKE/ KEENLEYSIDE
same status as Ash.
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• PEACE – same status as Ash.
• SHUSWAP – at steps four, five and six; five studies
are underway or completed and data gathering is
continuing to allow performance measures to be refined
and to examine preliminary operating alternatives.
• WAHLEACH – same status as Ash.
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Over the next year, BC Hydro will be exploring these options and
developing a plan to ensure British Columbians have adequate
electricity well into the future.