This $900 million project adds a 335MW powerhouse immediately downstream of the existing Waneta .

fast facts Project Length 2010 - 2015 • The project adds second powerhouse to share the hydraulic head created by the existing Waneta Dam (owned by Teck and BC Hydro); Employment • This 335 megawatt hydroelectric project, will generate enough power to supply Employment reached 60,000 homes annually, is a unique opportunity to obtain large amounts of clean 1,400 people hydroelectric energy without building a new dam; Over $95 million in wages • The intake structure will control flow from the Waneta headpond through two Approximately 70% of the parallel tunnels that will supply two Francis turbines in the new powerhouse; workforce is from within 100 km of the project • Excavated rock will be stored within 7 km of the site and will be available for Equity hiring provisions reuse in future highway and other infrastructure projects in the area; and apprenticeship • As part of the project, a 10 km transmission line has been built parallel to the existing opportunities BC Hydro high voltage line from Waneta to the Selkirk Substation; Regional benefits • FortisBC (a subsidiary of Fortis Inc.) will purchase the capacity; energy generated will Regional spending on be sold to BC Hydro; goods and services exceeds $220 million • This new facility is operated and maintained by FortisBC under an agreement with the owners. FortisBC provides comparable services to its own facilities, as well as Owners those of several other facility owners in the region; and, Fortis Inc. (51%) • The community was involved through the Community Impact Management Columbia Power Committee (CIMC), made up of local stakeholders and representatives from the Corporation (32.5%) owners and contractor. The CIMC provided ongoing input to encourage positive community impacts and benefits and relay community concerns resulting from construction. (16.5%)

Operational Benefits Contractor SNC-Lavalin Inc. • Operations at Waneta will be coordinated between the owners and Teck/BC Hydro to optimize the use of water through the existing and expansion powerplants, Sub-contractors especially during low flow months and environmentally-sensitive periods; ASL-JV • Fish will benefit from increased habitat productivity upstream and from reduced Voith Hydro dissolved gas levels downstream; and

• The generating station will have zero greenhouse gas emissions.

columbiapower.org/wanetaexpansion Waneta expansion project Quick facts

• Employed over 1,400 people.

• During peak employment, there were over 50 apprentices on site.

• 194 apprentices (from 13 trades) received skills training.

• Over 70 per cent of the workforce came from within 100 km of the project.

• 13 Ktunaxa Nation citizens, including trades apprentices and journeymen, worked on the project.

• Regional spending on goods and services exceeded $220 million.

• Project wages exceeded $95 million.

• With over 3 million person hours logged there were only two minor lost time incidents and no major environmental incidents or concerns.

• Will power about 60,000 homes per year through clean, renewable hydroelectric power.

• $50,000 is awarded annually to research, physical works, and other on-the-ground or applied terrestrial compensation projects. The program will continue for three years following completion of the expansion project this year.

• The project is situated in an area claimed as traditional territories by both the Ktunaxa Nation Council and Okanagan Nation Alliance. Benefit agreements with both First Nations were executed and the Owner and Contractors worked closely with First Nations to maximize opportunities and benefits.

• Rock and overburden removed: enough to fill 82,000 tandem truckloads.

• Concrete used: 85,000 m3, enough to fill over thirty Olympic sized swimming pools.

• Completed all rock blasting without damage to any neighbouring facilities and without injury to white sturgeon.

• A Community Impact Management Committee met on a monthly basis to provide ongoing support to encourage positive community impacts and a forum to discuss and address issues raised by the community resulting from construction of the project. The committee includes local residents, members of local and regional government, First Nations and representatives from the Owner and Contractor.

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