Kristina Gardner
5138 215th street
Langley, B.C., V3A 6C6
Langley, B.C., V3A 6C6
kristina.gardner1@email.kpu.ca
(604)358-8825
March 1st, 2022
Freedom of Information Coordinating Office
The British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
333 Dunsmuir St.
Vancouver, B.C., V6B 5R3
FOI.Requests@bchydro.com
To whom it may concern,
Under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I would like to request:
- A copy of all power outages caused by car accidents versus motorcycle accidents and how long those outages lasted in the Langley Township between November 2020 and November 2021.
Please forward all documents you can release in PDF format.
You can email those documents to: kristina.gardner1@email.kpu.ca.
You can reach me with any questions or concerns at (604)358-8825.
Please let me know when the documents are ready for release.
Sincerely,
Kristina Gardner
BC Hydro accepts FOI requests, but they do not have a specific name or coordinator linked to their FOI request address. Therefore, the request goes to their coordinating office. The link is here.
I made this FOI request to BC Hydro because a couple of months ago, a power outage at my house was caused by a nearby motorcycle accident. The power outage affected only mine and a few other homes on the block, and it lasted for quite a while. The outage lasted for approximately 24 hours. Usually, power outages are caused by a storm or car accident in my area, but this outage was caused by a motorcycle accident. That made me curious if outages caused by motorcycle accidents are common in my room. I also requested to see the duration of these power outages because I hope to find out if motorcycle accident-induced outages last longer than car accident-induced ones. The outage at my house lasted close to 24 hours, so I am curious to find out if lengthy outages are familiar with motorcycle accidents or not.
