Powerex was established in 1988 as the wholly-owned electricity marketing subsidiary of BC Hydro – Canada's third largest electric utility – responsible for marketing BC Hydro's surplus electricity in the west. Today, we are a key participant in energy markets across North America, buying and supplying physical wholesale power, natural gas, ancillary services, and more recently, environmental products with an ever-expanding list of trade partners. Our portfolio of energy resources includes purchases of power and natural gas from a wide variety of energy suppliers across North America, as well as the highly reliable Canadian Entitlement energy derived from the Canada/US Columbia River Treaty. more... See more text