Industrial electricity interconnection
Large commercial and industrial customers and Independent Power Producers (IPPs) needing to connect to our electrical transmission system can find interconnection information here.
You may need an industrial connection if you:
- require a connected load of 5,000 kW or more
- have one or more large pieces of equipment in your facility at or over 2,000 hp
- build, own, operate and maintain your own electrical substation and transmission line connected to FortisBC's transmission system
- require a unique or specialized distribution system connection
Large industrial connections can either be:
- Transmission service: for load connection requirements over 63 kV or
- Distribution service: for load connection requirements of 25 kV and under
Transmission and interconnection resources
- Interconnection request form
Facility connection flowchart- Facility connection requirements
- Tariff Supplement No. 7
- Rate Schedule 38 – Large Commercial Service – Interruptible Service
Transmission system existing users:
| Customer | POR (Point of Receipt) |
POD (Point of Delivery) |
Reservation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Customer A | KRA substation |
Kootenay Interconnection | 45 MW |
| Customer B | Nelson Hydro | Kootenay Interconnection | 4 MW |
| Customer C | DUC substation | Duck Lake | 33 MW |
We’re here to help
Call us at 1-866-436-7847, Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. or email us. We’ll discuss your project and guide you through the process.