Item F1992:05/017.02 - Operation update : energy blueprint for the eighties : [short version]

The item consists of a release print of an industrial film from 1981. In it, B.C. Hydro president J. Norman Olsen introduces a look at Hydro's strategies for meeting B.C.'s energy needs in the 1980s. The film considers the limited options for future hydro-electric development, low-water problems, load growth projections, and the promotion of energy conservation and more careful energy use during winter peak hours. Several forthcoming or proposed B.C. Hydro projects are discussed, including the Cheekye-Dunsmuir submarine power cable; the Site C development on the Peace River; the Hat Creek coal project; proposals for hydro-electric developments on the Stikine, Iskut and Liard Rivers; high-voltage transmission experiments, inert-gas switching systems, and other R&D projects; the Meager Creek geothermal project; and studies for a natural gas pipeline to Vancouver Island. Also discussed: Hydro rail operations; financing of Hydro projects; Hydro's growing demand for skilled personnel in specific fields and trades. The discussion of specific projects is illustrated with footage of the project or its physical setting, and there is especially good footage of the Stikine, Iskut and Liard River areas.