2001 Triple Bottom Line Report - BC Hydro

• OFFSETS INVESTMENTS – We are investing
in projects to mitigate GHG emissions at our facilities by
lowering, avoiding or capturing and storing emissions at
another source. Last year we pledged to offset 50 per cent
of the increase in GHG emissions from two new gas-fired
generating facilities on Vancouver Island through 2010.
• SF6 MANAGEMENT – A program was initiated in
1999 to track sulphur hexafluoride (SF6 ) losses from equipment.
Each time SF6 is used from a cylinder, the bottle is weighed
and we record which piece of equipment receives the gas.
The system produced its first data in 2000 – an estimate that
total losses for the year were approximately 357 kilograms,
or 3.25 per cent of the amount of SF6 in inventory. Plans are
underway to reduce this leakage.
S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y A C T I O N P L A N I N I T I A T I V E
G H G M I T I G A T I O N
A key part of our strategy to limit growth of GHG emissions
from our electrical system involves investing in projects
that “offset” emissions in one place by lowering, avoiding
or capturing and storing emissions at another source.
This year we pledged to offset 50 per cent of the net increase
in emissions from the two new natural gas-fired generating
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RESOURCE SMART ENERGY GAINS
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Energy Gains
New Energy Gains from prior years
facilities on Vancouver Island. Our commitment includes
offsetting 300 000 tonnes annually from the Island Cogeneration
Project in Campbell River, scheduled to be in service in 2001,
and 350 000 tonnes annually from the proposed Port Alberni
Generating Plant, planned to be in service by 2004.