On October 18, 2012, BC Hydro launched its Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEOI) for renewable electricity projects on Haida Gwaii in western British Columbia. The RFEOI comes as BC Hydro attempts to gradually substitute reliance on diesel-generated electricity on the North Grid with cleaner, reliable and more cost-effective energy.

• all electricity must be generated from clean or renewable resources as defined by the province’s Clean Energy Guideline;
• the project must have an installed plant capacity of greater than 1 MW with a maximum of up to the peak load requirements of the North Grid; and
• the project must have a proposed point of interconnection to the North Grid on BC Hydro’s distribution system in the Haida Gwaii Non-Integrated Area.

Proposed projects should also satisfy BC Hydro’s criteria for proven technology, demonstrating three years of commercial operation in three jurisdictions.