FortisBC is set to expand its Tilbury Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Facility in Delta.
The provincial government announced the news on Friday morning, saying it has issued an Order in Council that exempts the Phase 1 B expansion from the need to obtain a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity under the Utilities Commission Act.
“The expansion of the Tilbury LNG Facility is an investment in B.C.’s future, creating jobs, growing our economy and helping reduce emissions through an investment of more than $2 billion,” Adrian Dix, Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions, said in a release on Friday.
“By helping move this project forward, we’re also creating an opportunity for Musqueam Indian Band to become an equity partner, advancing economic reconciliation while supporting a cleaner alternative to traditional marine fuels like diesel.”
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The expansion project will provide jobs and reduce emissions, the province said.
It is also part of the provincial government’s 10-year goal of attracting $200 billion in major project investment, as part of the Look West strategy.
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Phase 1B of the expansion of FortisBC’s Tilbury LNG Facility will increase the facility’s capacity to produce LNG, helping to meet rising demand for LNG fuelling service at the Port of Vancouver and improving access to LNG fuelling for vessels travelling along the western coast of North America and across the Pacific, according to the B.C. government.
The project will remain subject to all other applicable regulatory approvals and permitting requirements before construction can begin, which the government said could start as early as mid-2027.
The facility could be in service as early as 2031.
And nobody mentions that there is a natural gas pipeline crossing into the US at Tilby
The BC premier, the lawyer Eby is clearly taking money to allow this to happen WITHOUT the assessments required to ensure the public funding ISNT exploited…but believing that the corporate owned news would then be legally responsible to report this abuse is just as telling. Eby and the BC NDP party AGAIN proving how corrupt and two faced they truly are….posing as stewards while doing NOTHING but lying and robbing the people.
Remember when the world stopped, our financial hit and their decision to double their wages…
Remember their agenda to bypass BRICS policy….remember they illegally nominated this PUTZ as their leader while ousting a FAR MORE QUALIFIED CREDIBLE ETHICAL CANDIDATE who openly campaigned and represented environmental protection….for the USELESS PUPPET LAWYER currently running BC into arrears…
They are exactly what they pretend they aren’t….I know four year olds who are more convincing liars than this group of PUPPETS.
GET EBY OUT OF BC
WHOOPTY F/ G DOO
Once again we kowtow to the FN to get anything done. Atta boy Adrian.