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Columbia Power Corporation

For the former British Columbia Power Corporation, see BC Hydro.
Columbia Power logo on the headquarters building, Castlegar British Columbia

Columbia Power Corporation is a Crown Corporation, owned by the province of British Columbia, Canada. Its mandate is to undertake hydro-electricity projects in the Columbia River region of British Columbia. In so doing, it is required to work with its sister crown corporation the Columbia Basin Trust.

Its assets include:

  • Brilliant Dam 145 MW purchased from Teck Cominco in 1996[1]
  • Brilliant Expansion 120 MW
  • Arrow Lakes Generating Station 185 MW [2]
  • Partnered with FortisBC at Waneta Expansion 335 MW

References

  1. ^ http://www.hydroworld.com/articles/hr/print/volume-28/issue-4/feature-articles/articles/new-development-partnering-in-power-development-in-british-columbia.html
  2. ^ Columbia Power Corporation, Annual Report 2009/10 (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-23, retrieved 2010-08-25

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