The
power grid
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of
Vancouver Island
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is owned and operated by
BC Hydro
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, and is connected with that of the Mainland of
British Columbia
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by high voltage
AC submarine cables, and formerly by a
DC submarine cable system.
These links, which all consist of overhead line sections on land together with submarine cables are:
*
HVAC 525kV
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, Two parallel circuits from south of
Powell River to Vancouver Island in two cable and three overhead sections with reactor station on Texada Island.
* One 138 kV. and one 230kV. AC lines running from Arnott substation in
Delta
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to Vancouver Island Terminal in
North Cowichan
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(the same points that HVDC Vancouver Island connects). Waypoints of these southern lines, which all consist of three overhead and two submarine cable sections are:
The former *
HVDC Vancouver Island
HVDC Vancouver Island is a de-energized high-voltage direct current interconnection between Arnott Substation (ARN) in Delta, British Columbia at on the Canadian mainland, and the Vancouver Island Terminal (VIT) in Duncan, British Columbia on Va ...
was capable of transferring a total of 700 MW (now obsolete and de-energized).
* A 525 kV link consisting of two parallel lines running to the midpoint of Vancouver Island.
See also
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List of high voltage underground and submarine cables
This is a list of high voltage (above 150 kV) AC electrical transmission lines. This list is incomplete.
For high-voltage direct current, both underground and submarine, see List of HVDC projects
This is a list of notable high-voltage dire ...
*
HVDC Vancouver Island
HVDC Vancouver Island is a de-energized high-voltage direct current interconnection between Arnott Substation (ARN) in Delta, British Columbia at on the Canadian mainland, and the Vancouver Island Terminal (VIT) in Duncan, British Columbia on Va ...
References
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Energy in British Columbia
Electric power infrastructure in Canada