1L243 Transmission Load Increase (HVC) Project
NRCan Major Projects Inventory: Under construction
(as of 1 Oct 2025)
Approximate location: the source names only the municipality, so the map places this project at a point inside it (from Statistics Canada's census subdivisions), not at its site.
- Stage
- Under constructionreported 30 Sep 2025
- Value
- C$142Mfrom BC Major Projects Inventory
- Capacity
- Not published
- Owner
- Not published
- Last checked
- 30 Sep 2025
Stage timeline
- ProposedNot reported
- ApprovedNot reported
- Under constructionreported 30 Sep 2025
- CompleteNot yet
This project is to upgrade transmission infrastructure to accommodate Teck Resource Ltd.'s request for an increase in its contract demand to provide power for Teck's Highland Valley Copper (HVC) Mine Life Extension project.
Facts
- Location
- Merritt (approximate location: placed at the municipality)
- Municipality
- Merritt
- Province or state
- British Columbia, Canada · All of Canada
- Estimated completion
- Q4 2027 from BC Major Projects Inventory
Nearby projects
- Boulder and Elkhart Wind Project · Dams and power generation · Proposed · under 1 km away (an approximate location)
- Elk Gold Mine · Mines · Proposed · under 1 km away (an approximate location)
- Highland Valley Copper 2040 (HVC 2040) · Mines · Under construction · about 44 km away (an approximate location)
- 2L333 - Load Interconnection - Enbridge APP CS16 Project · Transmission lines · Under construction · about 48 km away (an approximate location)
- Highland Valley Wind Farm · Dams and power generation · Proposed · about 48 km away (an approximate location)
Latest updates
- : first recorded here. BC Major Projects Inventory, 30 Sep 2025 edition.
Stage history
- Under construction BC Major Projects Inventory:
Construction started
(as of 30 Sep 2025) - Under construction NRCan Major Projects Inventory:
Under construction
(as of 1 Oct 2025)
Sources
- BC Major Projects Inventory: MPI project 4929 (as of 30 Sep 2025)
- NRCan Major Projects Inventory: MPI 2025 project 9082 (as of 1 Oct 2025)
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