November Breakfast Session - Getting Renewal Energy Projects Built in BC!

Powering BC’s Future: Getting Renewable Energy Right

British Columbia is undertaking a generational expansion of renewable power projects. These assets are foundational to advancing social and economic progress by strengthening grid resiliency, supporting electrification, and enabling growth in every region of the province.

Delivering on this opportunity requires coordinated planning, robust regulatory processes, meaningful partnerships with Indigenous Nations and communities, long-term financing, and a skilled workforce. Each participant in the value chain has a critical role to play.

BC is seeing the development of a generational portfolio of renewable power projects. These assets are critical for enabling social and economic progress, with owners, industry and operators seeking long-term renewable solutions to strengthening grid resiliency. What does it take to plan and build these projects in all corners of the province?  Why is it important that everyone in the value chain gets it right?

Come join the discussion around innovation and advancement in delivering these projects and learn perspectives from public and private sector

This is an opportunity to hear from those that are planning and executing renewable projects, and to be part of this important discussion.

More information coming soon.

Panelists:

Chris Roine is a partner at BLG’s Vancouver office and western regional lead for the Indigenous Law Group. He advises businesses, governments, and First Nations on partnerships, commercial arrangements, governance, negotiations with the Crown, and project and real estate development. Formerly Director General at Crown-Indigenous Relations and senior counsel at BC Hydro, he holds an LLM from the University of Western Ontario and an MA in History from Simon Fraser University. Chris is recognized in Best Lawyers in Canada, Chambers Canada and Global, and The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory for Aboriginal/Indigenous law.

Moderator:

Mark Mitchell leads Hatch’s Distribution & Smart Grid team, specializing in integrating renewables and battery energy storage into power systems. An electrical engineer with deep expertise in distributed energy resources (DERs), he has supported utilities and independent power producers across Canada and internationally to navigate the evolving energy landscape. Mark has led renewable integration projects across B.C. from concept to construction, working with nearly every major Canadian utility and partnering with Indigenous communities to advance energy independence.

Thank you, Hatch, for your generous sponsorship of this event!