FortisBC Inc. Facilities and Generation
FortisBC has operated and maintained hydroelectric power facilities in British Columbia for the past 100 years. These facilities are either owned by FortisBC or if owned by others, are operated and maintained under management agreements in both regulated and non-regulated environments.
FortisBC owns four regulated hydro-electric generating plants on the Kootenay River with an aggregate capacity of 223 MW. They are the Corra Linn, Upper Bonnington, Lower Bonnington, and South Slocan Plants. All of these plants have water diverted by BC Hydro's Kootenay Canal.
FortisBC also owns Walden North, a non-regulated 16 megawatt run-of-river hydroelectric generating plant near Lillooet, British Columbia. FortisBC operates and maintains two generating plants with a total generating capacity of 599 MW. They are the Waneta Dam, which is owned by Teck Resources Ltd and Brilliant Dam which is owned by Columbia Power Corporation.
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