Communities in northeast B.C. say the province and B.C. Hydro need to deliver more benefits from the Site C dam now that the $16-billion megaproject is able to produce more electricity than first projected.

The newly commissioned dam will be able to generate up to 1,230 megawatts at peak capacity, about 130 megawatts more than the 1,100 originally approved in 2014.

That's enough to power roughly 52,000 more homes than initial estimates, or more than half the expected energy needs of the proposed Cedar LNG project in Kitimat.

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"If the benefit of Site C, in terms of its ability to produce revenue, is increased, then the impact to us and the recognition of that impact should also be incorporated," said Hudson's Hope Mayor Travous Q

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