WATCH: The results are in for this year’s Earth Hour – the world wide campaign to turn off power for an hour. But it seems British Columbia’s enthusiasm for the annual event is waning. Jennifer Palma reports.
Did you take part in Earth Hour this year?
If the answer is no, you’re not alone. BC Hydro says British Columbians saved just 15 megawatt hours of electricity by turning off their lights between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. last night.
That’s down 77 per cent from 2014, when British Columbians saved 65 megawatt hours, and 89 per cent from 2013’s mark of 136 megawatt hours saved.
“Province-wide we saw a reduction of 0.2 per cent,” said BC Hydro spokesperson Simi Heer.
“The savings are definitely lower.”
The annual global event, which started in Sydney, Australia in 2007, encourages people to turn off unnecessary lights and electronics for one hour.
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The city with the largest reduction in electricity load was Whistler at 7.2 per cent, followed by Invermere (6.2 per cent), Clearwater (4.0 per cent), Houston (3.9 per cent) and Logan Lake (3.2 per cent).
The cities with the smallest reduction? Fort Nelson, Courtenay and Comox – all with a reduction of just 0.1 per cent.
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