British Columbia Bill 31 (2025)

British Columbia Bill 31 (2025) has been enacted.

Passed in November 2025, this law replaced BC's first-come, first-served electricity connection policy with a competitive selection process for AI, data centers, and hydrogen-for-export sectors, capping their combined access at 400 MW of new power every two years. It also permanently bans new BC Hydro grid connections for cryptocurrency mining and enables First Nations co-ownership of the North Coast Transmission Line.