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B.C. Hydro is proposing to give TransLink, B.C. Transit and other heavy-duty fleet owners a break on their electricity bills, if they are converting to electric vehicles.

Last week, Hydro submitted an application to the B.C. Utilities Commission to create special charging rates for EV fleet owners, with the deepest discounts, of up to 60 per cent, going to those that can recharge batteries at depot facilities overnight.

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The call for specific “charging rates” comes in response to a plea for such rates from TransLink and B.C. Transit as both organizations set goals for the adoption of battery-electric buses.

“The new services and rates described in this (application) will contribute to B.C. Transit’s and TransLink’s respective long term strategies to reduce greenhouse gases related to the operation of their fleet,” B.C. Hydro wrote in the application.

And doing so will be necessary for the agencies to do their part in meeting B.C.’s overall provincial objective of cutting greenhouse-gas emissions by 80 per cent from 2007 levels by 2050.