Site C Clean Energy Project

Province: British Columbia

City/Region: Near Fort St. John

Image Credit: BC Hydro

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Project End: 2025

Project Type: Hydroelectric

Industry Sector: Energy

Project Amount: $16 billion

Date of Completion: 2025

Funding Source: Public

Provincial Funding: BC Hydro: $16 billion

LEED Status: Certified

Transmission Line Length (KM): 154

MW Generation Power: 1100

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About The Project

The Peace River already has two large hydroelectric facilities (W.A.C. Bennett Dam and Peace Canyon Dam) that rely primarily on the Williston Reservoir for water storage. As the third project on the Peace River, Site C will rely on water already stored in the Williston Reservoir. This means Site C will generate about 35 per cent of the energy produced at W.A.C. Bennett Dam, with only five per

cent of the reservoir area. Construction on Site C began in July 2015. The project remains on-track to have all six generating units in-service by 2025. In 2024, the first of six generating units on the project came into operation, and the reservoir was safely filled, with the water level at the dam site increasing by about 43 metres.

Project Owner: BC Hydro

P3 Team Members/Project Team: DB(F)OM Team (Site C accommodation lodge): ATCO Two Rivers Lodging Group—ATCO Structures & Logistics Ltd. and Bird Design Build Construction Inc. Contractor: Peace River Hydro Partners—ACCIONA Infrastructure Canada, and Samsung C&T Canada (main civil works construction) AFDE Partnership—Aecon, Dragados, Flatiron, EBC (spillways civil works) Allteck Line Contractors Inc. (transmission line, Site C to Peace Canyon generating station) F&M Installations Ltd. (substation construction, balance of plant-electrical) Mitchell Installations Ltd. (balance of plant-mechanical)

Engineer: Klohn Crippen Berger and AtkinsRéalis (engineering and design - dam and reservoir); Tetra Tech; BGC Engineering; WSP; R.F. Binnie & Associates; Lasalle | NHC (engineering and design-other); Associated Engineering (owner’s team-design); Wood (WSP) (environmental & materials tester)

Environmental Services: Golder (WSP) (EA and permitting, archaeology, agriculture, fisheries and aquatics, socio economics); Pathfinder Endeavours Ltd.; Keystone Wildlife Research Ltd.; McMillen; RWDI Air Inc.; Knight Piésold; Industrial Forestry Service Ltd. (environmental and regulatory work); Stantec (project review for EA authority); Hemmera

Other Key Players: WSP (Hwy. 29 bridge-design), Wood (WSP) (Hwy. 29 bridge-geotechnical design); AL Sims and Sons (road improvements); Aon, INTECH (risk advisor); BTY Group (cost consultant); Hatch (environmental permitting); KPMG (lead commercial advisor); McElhanney (engineer, materials testing, environment, and survey); McMillen Jacobs Associates (dam/tunnel analyses: design of tunnel support); Morgan Construction and Environmental (north bank); Paul Paquette & Son’s Contracting (south bank); Kasian Architecture Interior Design and Planning Ltd.; ATCO Two Rivers Lodging Group (worker accommodation lodge); Paul Paquette and Son’s Contracting Ltd. (south bank clearing); Morgan Construction and Environmental Ltd. (north bank site preparation); Englobe (quality assurance services); Colliers Project Leaders; AGAT Labs; Hanscomb (cost consultant); Deloitte (risk advisor); HKA; EY (management consultant); Accenture (project manager); E.S. Fox

Other Suppliers: Voith Hydro (turbine and generator); ATB Riva Calzoni Hydro Canada Inc. (hydromechanical equipment); Advanced Precast

Legal: Borden Ladner Gervais (legal advisor); Bennett Jones LLP (acted for successful proponent); Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP

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