- Site Canada
- Energy Hydroelectricity
- Client BC Hydro
- Status In operation
- Put into operation 2010
- Acquired 2018
- PPA expiry 2045
- Gross installed capacity 88
- Participation Innergex (%) 40
- Partnership Axium Infrastructure
The Montrose Creek run-of-river hydroelectric power generating plant is located in the Toba Valley, approximately 160 km north of Vancouver, British Columbia. The plant is located on Montrose Creek, a tributary of the Filer River and has a nameplate capacity of 88 MW with an estimated annual energy output of 273,000 MWh.
The project consists of a concrete intake with Coanda screen, a 4.8 km-long steel penstock and concrete powerhouse with steel superstructure housing two 44 MW generators. Energy from the plant is transmitted over a 156 km-long 230 kV transmission line that connects it to the East Toba plant and to the BC Hydro point of interconnection, near Saltery Bay.
Construction began in 2007 and the facility started commercial operation in August 2010. All of the power generated at Montrose Creek is covered by a 35-year power purchase agreement (PPA) signed with BC Hydro, which starts at commercial operation and expires in 2045.
The Montrose Creek project has been granted the ECOLOGO® certification.