Welcome to the BC Hydro public open house

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1 Welcome to the BC Hydro public open house West Transmission Project We re here to share the most recent project information and to gather your comments on what we know so far. We hope you ll share your local knowledge of the project study area with us. Our project team is here to answer your questions. Please take the time to fill out a comment form before you leave.

2 West Transmission Project We re planning for a new, secondary transmission line to strengthen the transmission network delivering clean reliable electricity to the communities of West and Peachland. The existing transmission line into the area has provided reliable power to the communities for decades. A new transmission line will provide a second source of power for the area, also called redundancy.

3 Why it s important Approximately 22,000 customers are served by the Westbank and a single 138 kilovolt transmission line. The West Transmission Project will add a second power source for the area. We ve prioritized the West area as needing a redundant supply of power because of: The large number of customers served by a single transmission line. The challenge of restoring power on the existing transmission line resulting from its 80 kilometre length, remote location and rough terrain. The risk of destructive forces like forest fires and landslides. In the meantime, we ll continue to monitor and manage any risks to the existing transmission line. What s redundant supply? Redundant supply means there is more than one source (for example, a transmission Iine) providing power to the community or back-up power. That way, if one source is taken out of service, the other can still supply the community with electricity.

4 Area served by Westbank Served from Lake Country by BC Hydro Westbank served by FortisBC West Okanagan Lake Peachland Summerland Each colour represents areas served by Westbank

5 The electricty system Generation Electricity is generated by BC Hydro and independent power producers. Transmission Electricity is moved from where it s produced to where it s used. s Voltage is reduced at substations to provide power suitable for use in your home or business. Distribution Low voltage electricity is provided to your neighbourhood.

6 West Transmission Project West Transmission Project Valleyview Kamloops 1 B 5 5A Falkland Armstrong Spallumcheen nk'maplqs kʷiltca'na Nicola Vernon Vernon Terminal To FortisBC Alternative 1 spáxomin Alternative 2 Project Study Area 500 kv Transmission Line 230 kv Transmission Line 138 kv Transmission Line Transmission Alternative 1 Transmission Alternative 2 West Transmission Alternative 3 Highway C Westbank Alternative 3 To FortisBC 33 Okanagan Nation Communities tsinstik ptum e British Columbia Peachland Okanagan Lake 5 MI 10 KM Alternative routes shown are conceptual. B15-182B

7 Alternative 1 West side of Okanagan Lake Falkland Build a new Armstrong Spallumcheen transmission line on the west side of Okanagan Alternative 1 nk'maplqs Vernon Vernon Terminal To FortisBC Lake, connecting Westbank to the existing transmission line between Vernon and native 2 Valleyview substations. We would need West new rights-of-way. C Westbank Alternative 3 To FortisBC 33 Routing hasn t yet tsinstik ptum e Peachland been identified Okanagan Lake (conceptual only). WE RE CURRENTLY EXPLORING THE FEASIBILITY OF TWO OPTIONS FOR ALTERNATIVE 1: Connecting to the existing line somewhere between Falkland and Vernon. Bringing the new line into Vernon.

8 Alternative 2 Nicola Falkland Build a new transmission line from Nicola to Westbank kʷiltca'na Nicola Ver Sub using a different route Alternative 1 than the existing spáxomin transmission line. Alternative 2 Project Study Area We would need 500 kv Transmission Line 230 kv Transmission Line 138 kv Transmission Line new rights-of-way. Transmission Alternative 1 Transmission Alternative 2 West Kelow Transmission Alternative 3 Highway Okanagan Nation Communities C Westbank Alternative 3 To tsinstik ptum e Routing hasn t yet been identified British Columbia Peachland Okanagan Lake (conceptual only). 5 MI 10 KM Alternative routes shown are conceptual. What are rights-of-way? Our power lines cross all kinds of property: residential, agricultural, industrial, commercial and recreational. We negotiate with the land owner (private property owners, First Nations, municipalities and the provincial and federal Crown) to acquire rights-of-way to construct, operate and maintain a power line and the right to keep the rights-of-way clear of all structures, fire hazards, vegetation and any other use that might interfere with our power lines.

9 Alternative 3 Fortis BC Alternative 1 Vernon Vernon Terminal To FortisBC Build a new transmission line, including a submarine cable across Okanagan Lake, connecting Westbank to the FortisBC system. West We would need C Westbank Alternative 3 To FortisBC 33 new rights-of-way. tsinstik ptum e Routing hasn t yet Peachland Okanagan Lake been identified (conceptual only). WE RE CURRENTLY EXPLORING THE FEASIBILITY OF TWO OPTIONS FOR ALTERNATIVE 3: Connecting Westbank to DG Bell in the FortisBC system. FortisBC building a new substation in West and a transmission line crossing Okanagan Lake to Saucier (part of the FortisBC system in ). In this option, we would build a new transmission line from Westbank to the new FortisBC substation.

10 Project area substations DG Bell FortisBC - (an option on Alternative 3) Nicola (Alternative 2) OKANAGAN LAKE DOROTHEA WALKER ELEMENTARY 500 kv Transmission Lines 230 kv Transmission Lines 138 kv Transmission Lines GORDON DRIVE LAKESHORE ROAD CRAWFORD ROAD NICOLA LAKE ANNE MCCLYMONT ELEMENTARY MISSION RIDGE PARK STEWART ROAD W DG BELL SUBSTATION FORTIS BC QUILCHENA NICOLA SUBSTATION WESTRIDGE DRIVE DOUGLAS LAKE ROAD DOUGLAS LAKE Saucier FortisBC - (an option on Alternative 3) CITY HALL OKANAGAN LAKE RICHTER STREET HARVEY AVENUE SAUCIER STREET SAUCIER SUBSTATION - FORTIS BC CENTRAL SCHOOL PANDOSY STREET SUTHERLAND AVENUE

11 Project area substations Vernon Vernon (an option on Alternative 1) FRANCIS STREET VERNON SECONDARY SCHOOL POTTERY ROAD E VERNON ROAD HIGHWAYVIEW ROAD HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY VERNON SUBSTATION HILLVIEW GOLFCOURSE 69 kv Transmission Lines 138 kv Transmission Lines 230 kv Transmission Lines Westbank West (Alternatives 1, 2 and 3) SHANNON LAKE SHANNON RIDGE ROAD SHANNON LAKE ELEMENTARY KINSMEN ATHLETIC PARK NEIGHBOURS PUB SHANNON WAY WESTBANK SUBSTATION SHANNON LAKE ROAD GREEN ACRES REECE OLD OKANAGAN HIGHWAY WALMART OKANAGAN HIGHWAY 138 kv Transmission Lines

12 Studying the alternatives Desktop environmental and socio-economic studies These studies will provide an overview of the environmental and socio-economic issues identified within each alternative. We expect to complete the studies in early 2016, at which time we ll be back to share the results with you. Area planning study This long range planning study will give us a technical evaluation of the alternatives. We re exploring all options to provide redundancy to Westbank ; it s possible additional alternatives may be identified. We expect to complete this study in early 2016, at which time we ll be back to share the results with you. Identifying a leading alternative Once these studies are complete, your input, along with input from other stakeholders will help inform our identification of a leading alternative, on which to do further study. We re also collaborating with the Okanagan Nation and other First Nations to understand and address their interests throughout the life of the project. We expect to identify a leading alternative by summer 2016.

13 Project process Identification Definition Implementation Operations Preliminary design Final design Initial studies Additional studies Procurement Identify leading alternative Confirm preferred alternative Construction Commissioning Feb October 2020 earliest BC Hydro is in the early stages of the project. Consultation is ongoing throughout Identification, Definition and Implementation.

14 Environmental and socio-economic studies We ve begun a preliminary environmental overview assessment of the alternative corridors looking at the following: Socio-economy Fish and aquatic resources and community Air quality and noise Wildlife and vegetation Geo-hazards and terrain Surface and groundwater Archaeology and heritage The following three maps, show some of the key areas of importance we ve identified so far.

15 Notes: Notes Highway 5A Trans-Canada Highway No 1 Monte Creek Park Red: provincial parks and protected areas, lands classified as Red: provincial parks and protected areas, lands classified as Very High Very High Conservation Ranking as defined by the Central Okanagan Conservation Biodiversity Ranking Strategy as defined by the Central Okanagan Biodiversity Strategy Orange: Wildlife Habitat Areas, Conservancy Areas, Resource Management Orange: Wildlife Habitat Areas, Conservancy Areas, Resource Management Zones, rare Zones, and sensitive rare and ecosystems sensitive ecosystems (e.g., grasslands), (e.g., grasslands), ungulate winter range McConnell Lake Park ungulate winter range Pillar Park COLUMBIA SHUSWAP Ü Walloper Lake Park Lac Le Jeune Park Monte Lake Park Roche Lake Park Highway Salmon River Highway STUMP LAKE Kamloops-Merritt Highway No 5A Ewer Creek Highway A THOMPSON-NICOLA NORTH OKANAGAN Nasw hito Creek Vernon NICOLA LAKE Monck Park Whiteman Creek Truman Dagnus Locheed Park DOUGLAS LAKE Kekuli Bay Park Ellison Park Kalamalka Lake Park KALAMALKA LAKE Fintry Park Doug l as Creek Lake Country Highway WOOD LAKE Wrinkly Face Park PENNASK LAKE Pennask Lake Park Powers C reek Lambly Creek CENTRAL OKANAGAN Pennask Creek Park Coquihalla Highway C Trepanier Park Bear Creek Park Highway C City of West Westbank Park OKANAGAN LAKE LEGEND Alternative 1 Alternative 2 Alternative 3 Roads Streams District Boundary Parks and Protected Areas Lakes Low environmental sensitivity Moderate environmental sensitivity High environmental sensitivity Very high environmental sensitivity OKANAGAN-SIMILKAMEEN Notes: 1. Intended for Illustration purposes only. 2. Original in colour. Eneas Lakes Park Darke Lake Park Peachland 0 3,750 7,500 15,000 22,500 30,000 Okanagan Lake Park Highway Okanagan Mountain Park Myra-Bellevue Park Sources: Esri, HERE, DeLorme, Intermap, increment P Corp., GEBCO, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN, GeoBase, IGN, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong), swisstopo, MapmyIndia, OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community Meters CLIENT NAME: BY: SS 2015/11/05 SH Okanagan West Transmission Line Project Wildlife and Terrestrial Ecosystems CHK'D: PROJECT LOCATION: 1:175,000 DATE: SCALE: REF No: REV: PROJ COORD SYS: NAD 1983 UTM Zone 11N MXD Path: \\Sli2606\projects\LOB\EIAM-BC\Current Projects\BC Hydro\WEST KELOWNA\630167\4.0 Execution\4.5 GIS and Drawings\GIS\MXD\Terrestrial\630167_01_002_Wildlife_Terrestrial_Risk_Map_Rev0_SizeD.mxd Project Path:

16 Trans-Can a y wa gh Hi Notes: Notes da Highwa Ü y No 1 Monte Creek Park 5A Red: parks and Red:provincial steep slopes prone protected to failure areas, lands classified as Very High Conservation Ranking as defined by the Central Okanagan Orange:Biodiversity water, moderate slopes prone to failure Strategy Pillar Park Orange: Wildlife Habitat Areas, Conservancy Areas, Resource Management Zones, rare and sensitive ecosystems (e.g., grasslands), McConnell Lake Park ungulate winter range COLUMBIA SHUSWAP Walloper Lake Park Lac Le Jeune Park Monte Lake Park Sal m Roche Lake Park ay hw g i H on R iver Highway g Hi t t ri A er M s op STUMP LAKE Ew e r C re e k Highwa y A o ml a K o5 N ay hw NORTH OKANAGAN THOMPSON-NICOLA Nas w hito Cr eek Vernon W h ite NICOLA LAKE m an Truman Dagnus Locheed Park C r eek Monck Park Kekuli Bay Park Ellison Park Kalamalka Lake Park KALAMALKA LAKE DOUGLAS LAKE ek as Cr e Fintry Park ug l Lake Country High way Do WOOD LAKE Wrinkly Face Park PENNASK LAKE Lambly Pennask Lake Park C reek Po we rs CENTRAL OKANAGAN Cr e ek Pennask Creek Park Bear Creek Park Trepanier Park way h g i ah ihall u q Co C Hi gh wa y City of West Westbank Park OKANAGAN LAKE C Peachland Eneas Lakes Park Okanagan Mountain Park Darke Lake Park OKANAGAN-SIMILKAMEEN Okanagan Lake Park ay hw Hig Sources: Esri, HERE, DeLorme, Intermap, increment P Corp., GEBCO, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN, GeoBase, IGN, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong), swisstopo, MapmyIndia, OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community LEGEND Alternative 1 Alternative 2 Notes: 1. Intended for Illustration purposes only. 2. Original in colour. Alternative 3 Roads Streams CLIENT NAME: PROJECT LOCATION: Okanagan District Boundary Parks and Protected Areas West Transmission Line Project Geo-hazards and Terrain Lakes Low environmental sensitivity Moderate environmental sensitivity High environmental sensitivity Very high environmental sensitivity 0 3,750 7,500 15,000 22,500 30,000 Meters BY: SS CHK'D: SH DATE: 2015/11/05 SCALE: 1:175,000 PROJ COORD SYS: NAD 1983 UTM Zone 11N REF No: REV: Project Path: MXD Path: \\Sli2606\projects\LOB\EIAM-BC\Current Projects\BC Hydro\WEST KELOWNA\630167\4.0 Execution\4.5 GIS and Drawings\GIS\MXD\GeoHazards\630167_03_002_GeoHazards_Risk_Map_Rev0_SizeD.mxd Myra-Bellevue Park

17 Notes: Notes Highway 5A Red: Red: Indian Indian Reserves, Reserves, visual visual quality quality importance importance Trans-Canada Highway No 1 Monte Creek Park Ü Orange: private property, community property, recreation property, areas recreation (e.g., public areas (e.g., beaches, public campgrounds) beaches, campgrounds) Pillar Park McConnell Lake Park COLUMBIA SHUSWAP Walloper Lake Park Lac Le Jeune Park Roche Lake Park Monte Lake Park Highway Salmon River Highway STUMP LAKE Kamloops-Merritt Highway No 5A Ewer Creek Highway A THOMPSON-NICOLA NORTH OKANAGAN Nasw hito Creek Vernon NICOLA LAKE Monck Park Whiteman Creek Truman Dagnus Locheed Park DOUGLAS LAKE Kekuli Bay Park Ellison Park Kalamalka Lake Park KALAMALKA LAKE Fintry Park Doug l as Creek Lake Country Highway WOOD LAKE Wrinkly Face Park PENNASK LAKE Pennask Lake Park Powers C reek Lambly Creek CENTRAL OKANAGAN Pennask Creek Park Coquihalla Highway C Trepanier Park Bear Creek Park City of West Highway C Westbank Park OKANAGAN LAKE Eneas Lakes Park Peachland Myra-Bellevue Park LEGEND Alternative 1 Alternative 2 Alternative 3 Roads Streams District Boundary Parks and Protected Areas Lakes Moderate environmental sensitivity High environmental sensitivity Very high environmental sensitivity OKANAGAN-SIMILKAMEEN Notes: 1. Intended for Illustration purposes only. 2. Original in colour. Darke Lake Park 0 3,750 7,500 15,000 22,500 30,000 Okanagan Lake Park Highway Okanagan Mountain Park Sources: Esri, HERE, DeLorme, Intermap, increment P Corp., GEBCO, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN, GeoBase, IGN, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong), swisstopo, MapmyIndia, OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community Meters CLIENT NAME: BY: SS 2015/11/05 SH Okanagan West Transmission Line Project Socio-economy and Community CHK'D: PROJECT LOCATION: 1:175,000 DATE: SCALE: REF No: REV: PROJ COORD SYS: NAD 1983 UTM Zone 11N MXD Path: \\Sli2606\projects\LOB\EIAM-BC\Current Projects\BC Hydro\WEST KELOWNA\630167\4.0 Execution\4.5 GIS and Drawings\GIS\MXD\SocioEc\630167_05_008_SocioEc_Risk_Map_Rev0_SizeD.mxd Project Path:

18 Collaborating with First Nations We place a high value on our relationship with First Nations; the input and participation of First Nations is crucial to all of our projects. We re collaborating with the Okanagan Nation and other First Nations to understand and address their interests throughout the life of the project. We re collaborating with the Okanagan Nation and other First Nations to find opportunities for their participation in work at different stages of the project.

19 Stakeholder engagement We want to develop mutually beneficial relationships with communities, stakeholders and members of the public by: Encouraging your participation Providing you with timely information Receiving your input; and Letting you know the outcomes of the engagement process. SO FAR WE VE: Launched a project website at bchydro.com/wktp. Informed the public about the project through local media and direct mail. Held public open houses in June 2015, and posted a communication and consultation summary online. Met with the City of West, District of Peachland, Central Okanagan Regional District, City of Vernon, Township of Spallumcheen and City of. GOING FORWARD WE LL: Continue meeting with/updating key municipalities, regional districts and other stakeholder groups. Provide project updates to interested stakeholders. Hold additional public open houses, as we learn more about the alternatives. Consultation will be ongoing throughout the life of the West Transmission Project.

20 Next Steps We re still in the early stages of this project and have a lot of work to do. We ll be back to consult with you further as we have more details on the alternatives in For more information, please visit bchydro.com/wktp or contact us at , or stakeholderengagement@bchydro.com. Your input is needed to help us evaluate the alternatives, please fill out a feedback from before you leave. Thank you!