BC repeats Earth Hour success

April 1, 2012            VANCOUVER –
British Columbians saved 121 megawatt hours of electricity and reduced the provincial electricity load by 1.67 percent during Earth Hour last night – about the same as the 1.8 percent drop last year – and the equivalent of turning off about 9 million 12.5-watt LED light bulbs. The community with the highest reduction in consumption – 12.1 percent – was Revelstoke. Pemberton measured the second highest decrease at 6.8 percent. In total, 91 communities across BC registered their participation in Earth Hour.

Earth Hour results: (Full list )
Revelstoke   12.1%
Lumby   4.5%
Coldstream  3.8%
Kamloops  3.6%
Vernon   3.4%
Salmon Arm  2.3%