Article content “COVID-19 is the single largest contributor to the cost increase, followed by the additional costs of foundation enhancement measures, and other cost pressures,” says Hydro’s quarterly progress report to the B.C. Utilities Commission, released last week. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Vaughn Palmer: B.C. Hydro paints rosy Site C picture, even as more risks lurk Back to video But you will just have to take B.C. Hydro’s word for it. Detailed project expenditures were removed from the version of the report released to the public on grounds of “confidentiality.”