British Columbians saved 136 megawatt hours of electricity and reduced the provincial electricity load by 1.95 per cent during Earth Hour on Saturday.
Many communities across the province improved their Earth Hour energy savings from last year. In particular, Comox and Courtenay saw the highest reduction at nearly 10 per cent.
Earth Hour, which encourages people to conserve power by turning off unnecessary lights, is an annual global event hosted by the World Wildlife Fund and supported by BC Hydro. This year marks the sixth year of BC Hydro’s support of the event.
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Since 2007, BC Hydro’s Power Smart programs have saved close to 4,300 gigawatt hours per year of electricity – enough to power 390,000 B.C. homes.
Some quick facts on Earth Hour:
- The top five B.C. communities for this year’s Earth Hour were: Comox, Courtenay, North Saanich, Sidney and Qualicum.
- Vancouver’s electricity load dropped by 2.4 per cent during Earth Hour 2013.
- In 2012, British Columbians saved 121 megawatt hours of electricity and reduced the provincial electricity load by 1.67 per cent during Earth Hour – the equivalent of turning off about 9 million 12.5-watt LED light bulbs.
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