1. BC Hydro’s Green Energy Initiatives
Jim Scouras, Strategy Manager
Green & Alternative Energy Division

2. Green Energy - Outline Overview of BC Hydro’s green energy objectives
Approaches we are taking to meet our goals
The link between green programs and sustainability

3. BC Hydro’s Green Energy Objectives
Acquire a credible, low-cost green generation portfolio that meets corporate acquisition targets and market demand for green energy
Become a national leader in advancing green energy

4. Green Power Objectives
Approach:
Production
Wholesale
Retail
Near-commercial projects
Competitive acquisition process with private sector
Green Power Certificates

5. Green Programs: Production
Near-commercial projects
Goal to develop near-commercial technologies to enable and incubate new green deployment and investment
Wind mapping, modelling and monitoring
Green energy demo project on Vancouver Island
Community Energy Planning pilots with First Nations communities
Resource studies of green energy potential in BC -- Phase 1: Vancouver Island; Phase 2: rest of BC

6. Green Programs: Production
New Wind Monitoring Tower on Monarch Mountain (Atlin)

7. Green Programs: Production
Demonstration Project
Will assess the following energy resources:
Wind
Small/micro hydro
Wave
Sited on Vancouver Island
Demand crunch in BC will occur here first
Phase 1 study had positive preliminary results
JV Partners
Wave - Energetech and Ocean Power Delivery
Wind - AXOR

8. Green Programs: Wholesale
Competitive acquisition process
BC Hydro has a target to obtain a minimum of 10% of new load growth from new green sources
Goal to acquire “commercial” green through Independent Power Producers (IPPs)
Small hydro with some biomass and landfill gas
First call in contracts signed with IPPs for 23 projects; combined potential output: 980 GWh/year
Second call: to be issued October 2002; 800 GWh/year cap

9. Green Programs: Wholesale
Hystad green small hydro IPP project

10. Green Programs: Wholesale
2002 Green Call process will involve:
Standard term contract
Mechanism to ensure portfolio diversity
Competitive pricing
Working with IPPs that sign Energy Purchase Agreement to ensure projects meet BC Hydro's green criteria
Holding dialogue with IPPs to identify useful and practical improvements going forward to streamline processes and lower transaction costs

11. Green Programs: Retail
Green Power Certificates
Goal to create market-driven demand for additional green energy development in BC
Piloting sale of Power Smart Green Power Certificates to business customers
Premium product that helps purchasers meet environmental goals and build a competitive edge
Represents the environmental and social benefits associated with green electricity, separated from the actual electrons

12. Green Power Diagram

13. Green Programs: Retail
Green Power Certificates
100% made-in-BC electricity generated from qualified green sources and purchased from facilities built and operated by IPPs
Launched in September 2002 with 20 charter purchasers, including: VanCity Savings Credit Union, Vancouver 2010 Bid Corporation, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, GVRD, two municipalities, Canada Place Corporation, and several private companies, including Prism Engineering and Flagel Lewandowski Ltd.

14. Green Energy Supports Sustainability
Environment:
GHG-free resource in post-Kyoto times
Smaller environmental footprint
Social:
Reflect community values
Economic:
Supporting growth of green domestic and trade markets
Driving future investment and development opportunities