There are no plans to extend a BC Hydro program that helped thousands. Andrew MacLeod is The Tyee's Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018). Find him on Twitter or reach him at . SHARES In Opposition and (shown here) on the 2017 campaign trail, NDP leader John Horgan called for BC Hydro rate relief for low-income households. His government has not extended the utility’s Customer Crisis Fund. Photo: Wikimedia. A crisis fund that has helped thousands of households avoid having their electricity cut off when they couldn’t afford to pay their BC Hydro bills is in danger of closing March 31 unless the provincial government intervenes.