The City of Vancouver is the public partner. The City owns and operates the landfill, which is located on public land. The private partners consist of a Canadian power company, which established a wholly-owned subsidiary, as a stand-alone project company, to design, finance, build, and operate the cogeneration facility, and sell the electricity and thermal energy. BC Hydro, a British Columbia Crown Corporation reporting to the Minister of Energy and Mines, purchases and distributes the electricity produced by the cogeneration facility. The final partner from the private sector is an agribusiness, which purchases the heated water produced by the power production process, and uses it to heat its greenhouse complex.