About Site C
History
Site C is a hydroelectric dam site and manmade reservoir project proposed by BC Hydro. If it is built, it will be the fourth dam to strain the Peace River and all that relies so heavily upon it. (Find out more about the recently approved Dunvegan dam.)
First considered in the late 1960s, Site C proposals have been met head-to-head with public outcries supported by independent research and legal proceedings. So far, the BC government has stayed its approval on this BC Hydro project. The decision has been based in part by recommendations found in the British Columbia Utilities Commission's 1983 report, "SITE C REPORT - Report and Recommendations to Lieutenant-Governor-in Council".
The proposed Site C can be viewed on Google Earth by downloading the following kmz files. The first file can be downloaded to see a light blue overlayer at the proposed reservoir level at 1510 according to the Thurber report, 1976. The second file is an added overlay that illustrates the whole impact area, also including the land up to BC Hydro's safeline.
If you have Google Earth on your computer then just double click on them and they will open in Google Earth. If you don't have Google Earth then it should be downloaded first from http://earth.google.com.
Site C at the proposed reservoir level of 1510
whole impact area, including up to the safeline
The first time that BC Hydro and Power Authority applied to the British Columbia Utilities Commission for an energy certificate that would enable BC Hydro to build Site C and its reservoir, the application was denied. But that has not stopped BC Hydro.
Once again, in 1991, the threat reared its ugly head - only to be shot down by environmentalists according to Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Richard Neufeld. In a June, 2005 interview with Paul Wilcocks, writer for the Vancouver Province newspaper, Neufeld says that Site C would be included in BC Hydro's new energy plan submitted to the BC Utilities Commission before the end of 2005.
Site C is part of BC Hydro's new Integrated Energy Plan, and the BC government's new Energy Plan. It is not going away.
The threat is real.
Available PVEA materials are as follows:
PVEA Overview of Issues
Technical Backgrounder prepared for Federal Minister of Environment, Peter Kent.
Agriculture Backgrounder
Climate Change Backgrounder
Site C Accountability
The report "BC's Peace River Valley and Climate Change" can be downloaded here.
First considered in the late 1960s, Site C proposals have been met head-to-head with public outcries supported by independent research and legal proceedings. So far, the BC government has stayed its approval on this BC Hydro project. The decision has been based in part by recommendations found in the British Columbia Utilities Commission's 1983 report, "SITE C REPORT - Report and Recommendations to Lieutenant-Governor-in Council".
Google Earth View Of The Proposed Site C
The proposed Site C can be viewed on Google Earth by downloading the following kmz files. The first file can be downloaded to see a light blue overlayer at the proposed reservoir level at 1510 according to the Thurber report, 1976. The second file is an added overlay that illustrates the whole impact area, also including the land up to BC Hydro's safeline.
If you have Google Earth on your computer then just double click on them and they will open in Google Earth. If you don't have Google Earth then it should be downloaded first from http://earth.google.com.
Site C at the proposed reservoir level of 1510
whole impact area, including up to the safeline
Is The Threat Real?
The first time that BC Hydro and Power Authority applied to the British Columbia Utilities Commission for an energy certificate that would enable BC Hydro to build Site C and its reservoir, the application was denied. But that has not stopped BC Hydro.
Once again, in 1991, the threat reared its ugly head - only to be shot down by environmentalists according to Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Richard Neufeld. In a June, 2005 interview with Paul Wilcocks, writer for the Vancouver Province newspaper, Neufeld says that Site C would be included in BC Hydro's new energy plan submitted to the BC Utilities Commission before the end of 2005.
Site C is part of BC Hydro's new Integrated Energy Plan, and the BC government's new Energy Plan. It is not going away.
The threat is real.
PVEA Materials
Available PVEA materials are as follows:
PVEA Overview of Issues
Technical Backgrounder prepared for Federal Minister of Environment, Peter Kent.
Agriculture Backgrounder
Climate Change Backgrounder
Site C Accountability
The report "BC's Peace River Valley and Climate Change" can be downloaded here.