Description British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, which operates as BC Hydro, distributes electricity to the 1.8 million residential and business customers. The province-owned utility owns more than 46,500 miles of transmission and distribution lines, and it operates hydroelectric and fossil-fueled power plants about 11,350 MW of generating capacity. Subsidiary Powerex markets and trades energy throughout North America. To increase efficiencies in green power production, in 2010 BC Hydro consolidated its transmission operations with those of the province-owned British Columbia Transmission. A Crown corporation owned by British Columbia, BC Hydro is regulated by British Columbia Utilities Commission.
BC Hydro has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 554 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The BC Hydro employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energy, Mining & Utilities industry (3.7 stars).
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Overall, 74% of employees would recommend working at BC Hydro to a friend. This is based on 557 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
67% of job seekers rate their interview experience at BC Hydro as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at BC Hydro.