May 2024 EV road trips and tips May 2024 What's it like to go on a road trip in an EV? This month, we have four B.C. road trip ideas, plus a primer on EV charging etiquette, along with a look at how our clean energy is powering electric tugs. Also, electrical safety advice that painters and other seasonal workers need to know, a last chance to enter our smart energy contest, and how one of our Indigenous scholarship winners is working to save a First Nations language. Four popular EVs, four B.C. road trips More fast-charging stations, new energy-based pricing, and EV road trip ideas for this spring and summer. Tugs powered by clean electricity arrive for work in Vancouver SAAM Towage leans on a B.C. design to trim CO2 emissions. See the tug at work Student rewarded for novel quest to save Indigenous language As our Indigenous scholarship applications open for 2024, a look at last year's big winner. Meet Brendan Eshom Know a student or other seasonal worker? Remind them to be safe Many new workers, including painters and window washers, work near power lines. What they need to know Recently on BCHydro.com Charge only to 80%, and other EV charging etiquette Public fast charging in B.C. is expanding fast, but so are the stations' popularity. How to be a courteous EV driver. Learn the dos and don'ts Eagle nest atop transmission tower gets a new home Our crew moved a large nest from a dangerous place to a dedicated platform nearby. Learn more Until May 5, enter to win, pick your prize We're in the final days of our smart energy contest, where there's lots to learn and win. Test your power smarts and enter Get ready for optional time-of-day pricing A new optional rate plan will give you a choice on how you're charged for electricity. How time-of-day pricing will work Log in to MyHydro Outages & safety Accounts Contact us Energy savings You've received this email because you subscribed to receive the Connected newsletter.
