The power grid of Vancouver Island is owned and operated by BC Hydro, and is connected with that of the Mainland of British Columbia by high voltage AC submarine cables, and formerly by a DC submarine cable system.[1]
These links, which all consist of overhead line sections on land together with submarine cables are:
The former * HVDC Vancouver Island was capable of transferring a total of 700 MW (now obsolete and de-energized).
| Point | Coordinates | |
|---|---|---|
| Arnott Substation | ||
| Boundary Bluff Cable Terminal | ||
| Galiano Island Cable Terminal | ||
| Parker Island Cable Terminal | ||
| Salt Spring Island Cable Terminal | ||
| Samsun Narrows Span, East End | ||
| Samsun Narrows Span, West End | ||
| Vancouver Island Terminal |
| Point | Coordinates | |
|---|---|---|
| Malaspina Substation | ||
| Sackinaw Lake Span, South End | ||
| Sackinaw Lake Span, North End | ||
| Agamemnon Channel Span, East End | ||
| Agamemnon Channel Span, West End | ||
| Cockburn Cable Terminal | ||
| Texada Island Cable Terminal East | ||
| Texada Island, Reactor Station | ||
| Texada Island Cable Terminal West | ||
| Nile Creek Cable Terminal | ||
| Dunsmuir Substation |