Big Bend: What's happening

Delivering reliable power to a growing area

The project involved building a new substation and connecting it to the existing transmission and distribution systems.

Substations are the link between the BC Hydro transmission system and the distribution system.

The transmission system delivers the power from where it is generated to the substations. Voltage is reduced at substations for business and residential use, then shared through distribution lines.

Learn more about how substations work.

Big Bend Substation includes:

• Two enclosed buildings
• Outdoor equipment

Fitting into the neighbourhood

BC Hydro worked with a professional architect, a landscape architect and the City of Burnaby to design the buildings and the surrounding landscaping and screening so that our new facility fits into development plans for the surrounding area. Take a look at our visualizations [PDF, 2.9 MB].