BCUC Accepts BC Hydro's Integrated Resource Plan

On March 6, 2024, the British Columbia Utilities Commission ("BCUC") accepted BC Hydro's Integrated Resource Plan ("IRP") and associated orders that will support its electricity system over the next two decades.

BC Hydro first filed the application in December 2021 and in June of 2023 submitted an updated IRP to better reflect the changing energy environment and to ensure the application would meet the future electricity needs of its customers. This updated IRP included changes to its load forecast, load scenarios, resource balances and short-term actions.

The application went through a thorough public review process including seventeen interveners and thousands of information requests in which the BCUC determined that BC Hydro's IRP is in the public interest and aligns with the BC government's energy objectives. In accepting the plan, the BCUC has indicated that it finds both BC Hydro's long-term demand forecast, and the plans to meet that demand, reasonable.