Vancouver Island Transmission Corridor

WHEREAS Vancouver Island currently generates only about 500 megawatts of the approximately 2,300 megawatts of power it consumes; AND WHEREAS the British Columbia Transmission Corporation BCTC has identified transmission expansion opportunities of about 1,800 megawatts of green power on north Vancouver Island; AND WHEREAS existing transmission lines will enable less than 10 of this potential power to be utilized: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Union of BC Municipalities request that the BCTC and BC Hydro provide a sufficiently sized Vancouver Island transmission power corridor to help enable Vancouver Island to achieve power self sufficiency from 100 green power sources.