{"id":58350,"date":"2025-08-10T04:08:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T04:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/58350\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T04:08:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T04:08:11","slug":"b-c-s-site-c-dam-project-now-fully-online-and-operational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/58350\/","title":{"rendered":"B.C.\u2019s Site C Dam project now fully online and operational"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>BC Hydro announced on Saturday that the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/site-c-dam\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Site C Dam<\/a> in the province\u2019s Peace Region is now fully online and operational.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>All six units are in service, BC Hydro said, meaning Site C now has capacity to generate more than 1,100 megawatts of electricity and enough energy to reliably power about 500,000 homes annually.<\/p>\n<p>The project increases BC Hydro\u2019s total electricity supply by about eight per cent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe commission of Site C\u2019s final generating unit is another step forward to securing B.C.\u2019s clean energy future,\u201d Adrian Dix, Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Surrey group proposes solution for Site C work camp'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/LT_SITE_C.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2:06<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSurrey group proposes solution for Site C work camp\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11324599\/canadas-longest-trial-precedent-setting-bc-land-claim-first-nations\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1754798890_893_SET-GFX-COWICHAN-TRIBES-LAND-CLAIM-RICHMOND.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tCanada\u2019s longest trial ends in precedent-setting B.C. land claim ruling for 4 First Nations\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11324243\/ccf-nova-scotia-legal-threat-forest-fires-woods-ban\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1754798890_5_CP174361094.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tGroup threatens N.S. with legal action over \u2018grossly disproportionate\u2019 woods ban\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Construction on Site C began in 2015 with the first unit coming online in October 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBringing the final generating unit online is a proud moment for everyone at BC Hydro,\u201d Charlotte Mitha, BC Hydro president and CEO, said.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753128969_722_national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSite C represents years of dedication, innovation, collaboration and overcoming challenges. Now that Site C is in full operation, it will serve our customers for the next 100 years and play a critical role in ensuring a stable and reliable electricity system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The powerhouse and generating station, paving on access roads, final equipment commissioning and addressing any deficiencies are still projects to be completed, according to BC Hydro.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Money<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size BC Hydro announced on Saturday that the Site C Dam&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58351,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,49,48,46,714,38468,38469],"class_list":{"0":"post-58350","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-economy","12":"tag-politics","13":"tag-site-c-dam","14":"tag-site-c-dam-project"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}