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Denny Island : Electricity

Power is supplied from Ocean Falls via a 25 Kilovolt transmission line. Generation and transmission are the responsibility of Central Coast Power Inc. Potential generation of 13 Megawatts at Ocean Falls. Power from Ocean Falls is distributed from B.C. Hydro sub-station on Denny Island. This station covers Denny Island and Campbell Island (Waglisla).

Sub-station on Denny Island includes 6 diesel generators that pick up the load for both islands when there is an outage. In effect this means power outages are usually picked up in under 30 minutes. Hydro insures that there is always a minimum of one week's worth of diesel for the generators. Rates - regular B.C. Hydro non-integrated rate structure.


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