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Klinaklini Hydroelectric Project

Take Action Provincial EA is inactive until Kleana Power files an application in accordance with the Terms of Reference which were published March 3, 2008
Review Status BC EAO: Pre-application CEAA: Comprehensive Study
EPA Status Dropped from Clean Power Call; Selected projects

Klinaklini is a proposal to develop a hydroelectric project on the east branch of the Klinaklini River, above its confluence with Dorothy Creek, near the head of Knight Inlet. Proposed average generating capacity will be 280 MW with 800 MW during high flow conditions. The site is located on the mainland coast, 150 km north of Campbell River. A 10.3 metre tunnel, 17.25 km long, will conduct water from the diversion point to the powerhouse. The project includes a proposed 230 kV transmission line of 180 km, with aerial crossing of Johnstone Strait, to Campbell River.

In October 2009, Pristine Power Corp. acquired a 57% controlling interest in the Klinaklini project from Kleana Power Corporation, a company of Dr. Alexander Eunall.

In May 2010, BC's Minister of Environment stated that conservation boundaries would not be adjusted to accommodate the project, and in June, the project was dropped from BC Hydro's Clean Power Call.

In August, Pristine Power wrote off its controlling interest in the project. Presumably, ownership reverts to Kleana and Dr. Eunall. By 2011, Pristine had become a wholly owned subsidiary of Veresen Inc.