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2001 Triple Bottom Line Report - BC Hydro

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F I N A N C I A L E F F I C I E N C Y A N D<br />

P R O D U C T I V I T Y<br />

E C O N O M I C B O T T O M L I N E | 5 8<br />

CUSTOMER VALUE<br />

NEW BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES<br />

FINANCIAL EFFICIENCY<br />

AND PRODUCTIVITY<br />

<strong>BC</strong> <strong>Hydro</strong> has a fiscal responsibility to generate profits for the people of British Columbia. We support the economic lifeblood of the province,<br />

and the value we create produces revenue to help the B.C. government provide essential services such as hospitals, schools and roads.<br />

F I N A N C I A L O V E R V I E W<br />

Our 2000/<strong>2001</strong> financial performance was exceptional.<br />

We generated record profits and export sales, allowing us<br />

to invest significant sums of money in long-term sustainability<br />

ventures underway within <strong>BC</strong> <strong>Hydro</strong>, and in communities<br />

throughout the province. We also contributed substantial<br />

sums of money to the provincial treasury through dividends,<br />

resources rents and taxes (including water rental fees),<br />

corporation capital tax and school taxes.<br />

Our strong earnings led us to pay $372 million to the B.C.<br />

government as a dividend; credit our residential customers a<br />

total of $310 million as a government-directed rebate to help<br />

offset high natural gas costs; and channel $103 million to our<br />

Rate Stabilization Account, a fund designed to protect domestic<br />

customers from electricity rate increases. We also expanded our<br />

existing commitments by allocating approximately $80 million in<br />

new funding for a range of projects including sustainability,<br />

environmental clean-up, gain sharing, scholarships and maintenance.<br />

00/01 Actual<br />

00/01 Target<br />

99/00 Actual<br />

SHAREHOLDER VALUE-ADDED<br />

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS<br />

$(55)<br />

$103<br />

Our strong financial performance and the benefits that<br />

flowed from it were primarily due to increased revenue<br />

from electricity trade activities during extreme energy market<br />

volatility in North America in 2000/<strong>2001</strong>. Domestic revenues<br />

also increased as a result of customer growth in the residential,<br />

light industrial and commercial sectors, including the return to<br />

production of several major mining customers who had shut<br />

down part of the previous year.<br />

At the end of the fiscal year, our statement of operations<br />

sheet showed profit of $446 million from total sales of<br />

$7,889 million. Sector performance for 2000/<strong>2001</strong> included<br />

electricity trade of $5,458 million, domestic sales of $2,431 million,<br />

and $524 million in revenue from large industrial customers.<br />

The year before, totals were $1,129 million, $2,351 million,<br />

and $482 million, respectively.<br />

$129

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