Big 'Blue' Battery? How BC HYDRO is powering a province's energy & transport?
Everything Electric Podcast
The Fully Charged Show
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 2 September 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Imogen chats with the new President and CEO of BC Hydro, Charlotte Mitha, for an insightful conversation about the future of clean energy in British Columbia and beyond.
BC Hydro delivers electricity to over five million customers across the province, an impressive 98% of it from clean energy sources, primarily thanks to their 82 hydroelectric dams. Their power grid also connects all the way down to California through the western interconnection, allowing them to trade hydro power for solar energy across borders.
Charlotte brings a unique and thoughtful perspective to the role, shaped by her background as a trained engineer and years of experience within BC Hydro.
In this conversation, Imogen explores Charlotte's vision for the future, the goals ahead, and the pressing challenges of meeting rapidly growing electricity demand. With major infrastructure projects underway, systems to upgrade, and the need to engage and educate consumers, it's a crucial moment for energy leadership in British Columbia.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to another episode of the Everything Electric podcast, where today we're |
| 0:13.3 | catching up with Charlotte Mehta, the brand new CEO of BC Hydro. |
| 0:18.0 | Now, for those who have been listening to the show for a while, you'll know that we're |
| 0:20.5 | huge fans of BC Hydro and with excellent reason, because they provide their 5 million customers |
| 0:26.6 | across British Columbia with electricity that is 98% from clean energy, most notably from their 82 |
| 0:34.5 | hydroelectric dams, as well as the Western Ind Connection, which connects |
| 0:38.2 | all the way from British Columbia, all the way to California so they can trade solar power |
| 0:42.5 | for their lovely hydroelectricity. Now, the other reason that of course we love BC Hydro is |
| 0:49.6 | because they are our main sponsor of our live show at the Vancouver Convention Centre, which just |
| 0:54.7 | happens to be taking place this weekend on the 5th, 6th and 7th of September. So if you fancy |
| 0:59.7 | an EV test drive or checking out some clean energy technologies or maybe listening to some |
| 1:04.2 | scintillating panel discussions with our various experts who will have on site, then we would |
| 1:08.4 | love to see you there. And details of how to get |
| 1:11.0 | tickets are, of course, in the description box below. Now, in this conversation, I wanted to chat |
| 1:16.5 | to Charlotte about what are some of her hopes and ambitions, some of her challenges that are coming |
| 1:20.1 | up in this new role as CEO. And she has such an interesting perspective, not least because she is a |
| 1:26.0 | proper engineer by background. |
| 1:27.7 | She has been with the business for a really long time. |
| 1:30.0 | We've actually featured her on the show before in an episode that we did about the Western |
| 1:35.1 | interconnection. |
| 1:36.3 | And she just has such a fascinating perspective. |
| 1:40.3 | And this is a huge task because this demand for electricity is only going in one direction. |
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