The hike is to offset paying for BC Hydro's 10-year, $36-billion capital plan, paying off the Site C dam, costs related to B.C.'s multi-year drought and the effects of inflation.

Dix announced Monday that the New Democrat government is submitting a "rate stability direction" to the B.C. Utilities Commission for approval of a BC Hydro rate increase of 3.75 per cent on April 1, ...

the regulator that is supposed to set BC Hydro rates. The two annual increases are said to be needed to support the Site C ...

BC Hydro needs the increases to help cover costs of the rising demand for electricity and to complete the Site C dam project ...

and BC Hydro is aiming to have all six generating units at Site C in operation by fall 2025. Once all six generating units are in operation, the dam will have a total generating capacity of 5,100 ...

Rob Shaw has spent more than 17 years covering B.C. politics, now reporting for CHEK News and writing for Glacier Media. He ...

The BC River Forecast Centre's latest Snow Survey and Water Supply Bulletin says the provincial snowpack was at just 73 per ...

Interest from the United States in Canada’s water is concerning, though nothing new. In the most recent development, the U.S.

The two annual increases are said to be needed to support the Site C hydroelectric dam coming into service and a $36-billion, 10-year capital plan to expand infrastructure Meanwhile, BC Hydro's ...

the $16-billion Site C dam coming online, an ambitious plan to expand electrification to the northwest, inflation, and other major Hydro initiatives. “BC Hydro has a lot to do right now,” said ...