General Wheeling Service Rates and
Rate Schedule 3817
BC Hydro has an agreement with FortisBC (Rate Schedule 3817) for the wheeling of electricity over BC Hydro transmission lines, and fees are charged for that service.
The table below shows the annual Wheeling Rate to each Point of Interconnection, calculated as per Rate Schedule 3817 [PDF, 147 KB]. The Wheeling Rate is updated annually effective October 1 of each year, a process that started in 2007.
The rate adjustment below is Statistics Canada's B.C. Consumer Price Index annual rate of inflation for July of the calendar year in which the rate adjustment is made.
| Adjustment date |
Rate Adjustment (%) |
Point of Interconnection + Wheeling Rate ($/MW) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creston |
Okanagan | Princeton | ||
| Base rate 2006 | 12,382.36 | 19,000.00 | 50,665.09 | |
| October 2007 | 1.6 | 12,580.48 | 19,304.00 | 51,475.73 |
| October 2008 | 3.3 | 12,995.64 | 19,941.03 | 53,174.43 |
| October 2009 | -1.6 | 12,787.71 | 19,621.97 | 52,323.64 |
| October 2010 | 2.0 | 13,043.46 | 20,014.41 | 53,370.11 |
| October 2011 | 1.7 | 13,265.20 | 20,354.65 | 54,277.40 |
| October 2012 | 1.1 | 13,411.12 | 20,578.55 | 54.874.45 |
| October 2013 |
0.0 | 13,411.12 | 20,578.55 | 54,874.45 |
| October 2014 | 1.4 | 13,598.88 | 20,866.65 | 55,642.69 |
| October 2015 | 1.0 | 13,734.87 | 21,075.32 | 56,199.12 |
| October 2016 | 2.3 | 14,050.77 | 21,560.05 | 57,491.70 |
| October 2017 | 1.6 | 14,275.58 | 21,905.01 | 58,411.57 |
| October 2018 | 3.3 | 14,746.67 | 22,627.88 | 60,339.15 |
| October 2019 | 2.1 | 15,056.35 | 23,103.07 | 61,606.27 |
| October 2020 | 0.2 | 15,086.46 | 23,149.28 | 61,729.48 |
| October 2021 | 3.1 | 15,554.14 | 23,866.91 | 63,643.09 |
| October 2022 | 8.0 | 16,798.47 | 25,776.26 | 68,734.54 |
| October 2023 | 3.0 | 17,302.42 | 26,549.55 | 70,796.58 |
| October 2024 | 2.8 | 17,786.89 | 27,292.94 | 72,778.88 |