Renewable Facility Installation (Proposed)

The Renewable Facility Installation - Proposed (EPM_RFA_INSTALLATION_PT) is the point location of installations associated with an application for renewable energy development.

Renewable Facility Installation Locations points represent the geographic locations of renewable energy installations used for renewable energy generation and transmission. Each point corresponds to an installation location and includes associated attributes as listed below. The dataset is intended for use in mapping, visualization, and analysis of wind energy infrastructure applications within British Columbia. 

Data Properties

Attributes / Column Name

Field Alias

Data Type

Data Precision

Comments

OBJECTID

 

Object ID

 

Unique row value assigned by databaseSHAPE

 

Geometry (Point)

 

 RFA_NUM

Renewable Facility Activity Number

Text

9

Unique business identifier for a Renewable Facility Application.INSTALLATION_NUMBER

Installation Number

Short

 

Unique installation identifierINSTALLATION_TYPE

Installation Type

Text

4

Type of installation (TURB, SUB, MTOW)INSTALLATION_TYPE_DESC

Installation Description

Text

30

Description of Installation type (Wind Turbine, Sub Station, Permanent Meteorological Tower)APPLICATION_NUMBER

Application Number

Long

 

System-generated nine-digit number assigned to the application for all activities and land being applied for within an applicationAPPLICATION_TYPE

Application Type

Text

40

Type of application submitted by the applicant to the Regulator's Application Management SystemAPPLICATION_STATUS

Application Status

Text

40

Status of the application prior to ApprovalAPPLICATION_SUBMITTED_DATE

Application Submitted Date

Date

 

Date the application is submitted to the Regulator by the applicantREVISION_NUMBER

Revision Number

Short

 

Number of times the application has been altered prior to approvalAPPLICATION_DETERMINATION_NUM

Application Determination Number

Text

9

Upon decision, all activities permissioned will be 

referenced under an application determination number

PROPONENT

Proponent

Text

150

Organization name of the oil and gas operatorAUTHORITY_TYPE

Authority Type

Text

4

Type of authorization issued by the Regulator. Authorizations are issued either under the Energy Resources Activities Act (ERAA) or the Canada Energy Regulator (CER)SECTOR_TYPE_CODE

Sector Type Code

Text

4

Energy Sector Type Code (OGAS,

HGAM, GEOT, WIND, SOLR)

SECTOR_TYPE_DESC

Sector Description

Text

60

Energy Sector Code Description (Oil & Gas, Hydrogen, Ammonia or Methanol, Geothermal, Wind, Solar)DATA_SOURCE

Data Source

Text

5

Spatial data capture method, i.e., GPSD (GPS-Differential), GPSND (GPS-Non Differential), ORTHO (Ortho Photography), CGWC (Coordinate Geometry With Control), SNK (Source Not Known)

Renewal Triggers and Service Levels

  1.  Nightly  

Datasets available for download

Additional Info

Field Value
Last Updated March 24, 2026, 21:09 (UTC)
Created March 24, 2026, 21:09 (UTC)
Domain / Topic
Domain or topic of the dataset being cataloged.
Title
Title for the Dataset.
Renewable Facility Installation (Proposed)
Description
A description of the dataset.

The Renewable Facility Installation - Proposed (EPM_RFA_INSTALLATION_PT) is the point location of installations associated with an application for renewable energy development.

Renewable Facility Installation Locations points represent the geographic locations of renewable energy installations used for renewable energy generation and transmission. Each point corresponds to an installation location and includes associated attributes as listed below. The dataset is intended for use in mapping, visualization, and analysis of wind energy infrastructure applications within British Columbia. 

Data Properties

Attributes / Column Name

Field Alias

Data Type

Data Precision

Comments

OBJECTID

 

Object ID

 

Unique row value assigned by databaseSHAPE

 

Geometry (Point)

 

 RFA_NUM

Renewable Facility Activity Number

Text

9

Unique business identifier for a Renewable Facility Application.INSTALLATION_NUMBER

Installation Number

Short

 

Unique installation identifierINSTALLATION_TYPE

Installation Type

Text

4

Type of installation (TURB, SUB, MTOW)INSTALLATION_TYPE_DESC

Installation Description

Text

30

Description of Installation type (Wind Turbine, Sub Station, Permanent Meteorological Tower)APPLICATION_NUMBER

Application Number

Long

 

System-generated nine-digit number assigned to the application for all activities and land being applied for within an applicationAPPLICATION_TYPE

Application Type

Text

40

Type of application submitted by the applicant to the Regulator's Application Management SystemAPPLICATION_STATUS

Application Status

Text

40

Status of the application prior to ApprovalAPPLICATION_SUBMITTED_DATE

Application Submitted Date

Date

 

Date the application is submitted to the Regulator by the applicantREVISION_NUMBER

Revision Number

Short

 

Number of times the application has been altered prior to approvalAPPLICATION_DETERMINATION_NUM

Application Determination Number

Text

9

Upon decision, all activities permissioned will be 

referenced under an application determination number

PROPONENT

Proponent

Text

150

Organization name of the oil and gas operatorAUTHORITY_TYPE

Authority Type

Text

4

Type of authorization issued by the Regulator. Authorizations are issued either under the Energy Resources Activities Act (ERAA) or the Canada Energy Regulator (CER)SECTOR_TYPE_CODE

Sector Type Code

Text

4

Energy Sector Type Code (OGAS,

HGAM, GEOT, WIND, SOLR)

SECTOR_TYPE_DESC

Sector Description

Text

60

Energy Sector Code Description (Oil & Gas, Hydrogen, Ammonia or Methanol, Geothermal, Wind, Solar)DATA_SOURCE

Data Source

Text

5

Spatial data capture method, i.e., GPSD (GPS-Differential), GPSND (GPS-Non Differential), ORTHO (Ortho Photography), CGWC (Coordinate Geometry With Control), SNK (Source Not Known)

Renewal Triggers and Service Levels

  1.  Nightly  
Tags / Keywords
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Format (CSV, XLS, TXT, PDF, etc)
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Dataset Size
Dataset size in megabytes.
0.09
Metadata Identifier
Metadata identifier – can be used as the unique identifier for catalogue entry
Published Date
Published date of the dataset.
2025-12-12
Time Period Data Span (start date)
Start date of the data in the dataset.
Time Period Data Span (end date)
End date of time data in the dataset.
GeoSpatial Area Data Span
A spatial region or named place the dataset covers.
Field Value
Access category
Type of access granted for the dataset (open, closed, service, etc).
public
License
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This data is for representation purposes only. The BC Energy Regulator provides this data "as is" with the understanding that it is not guaranteed to be accurate, correct or complete and conclusions drawn from such information are the responsibility of the user. It carries no guarantee of any kind, express or implied.Please review the BCER Open Data License for complete details.
Limits on use
Limits on use of data.
Location
Location of the dataset.
https://data-bc-er.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/5ee8be7da70c4b19b94700dc606d3e71
Data Service
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Owner
Owner of the dataset.
BC_Energy_Regulator
Contact Point
Who to contact regarding access?
Contact Point Email
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Publisher
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Publisher Email
Email of the publisher.
Author
Author of the dataset.
BC_Energy_Regulator
Author Email
Email of the author.
Accessed At
Date the data and metadata was accessed.
2025-12-12
Field Value
Identifier
Unique identifier for the dataset.
5ee8be7da70c4b19b94700dc606d3e71
Language
Language(s) of the dataset
English
Link to dataset description
A URL to an external document describing the dataset.
https://data-bc-er.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/5ee8be7da70c4b19b94700dc606d3e71
Persistent Identifier
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Globally Unique Identifier
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Contains data about individuals
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Contains data about identifiable individuals
Does the data hold identifiable data about individual?
Contains Indigenous Data
Does the data hold data about Indigenous communities?
Portal Type
Platform type of the source portal.
Field Value
Version
Version of the datatset
None
Source
Source of the dataset.
None
Version notes
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Is version of another dataset
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Other versions
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Provenance Text
Provenance Text of the data.
Provenance URL
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Temporal resolution
Describes how granular the date/time data in the dataset is.
GeoSpatial resolution in meters
Describes how granular (in meters) geospatial data is in the dataset.
GeoSpatial resolution (in regions)
Describes how granular (in regions) geospatial data is in the dataset.
Field Value
Indigenous Community Permission
Who holds the Indigenous Community Permission. Who to contact regarding access to a dataset that has data about Indigenous communities.
Community Permission
Community permission (who gave permission).
The Indigenous communities the dataset is about
Indigenous communities from which data is derived.
Field Value
Number of data rows
If tabular dataset, total number of rows.
0
Number of data columns
If tabular dataset, total number of unique columns.
32
Number of data cells
If tabular dataset, total number of cells with data.
0
Number of data relations
If RDF dataset, total number of triples.
Number of entities
If RDF dataset, total number of entities.
Number of data properties
If RDF dataset, total number of unique properties used by the triples.
Data quality
Describes the quality of the data in the dataset.
Metric for data quality
A metric used to measure the quality of the data, such as missing values or invalid formats.

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