Energy & Utilities

British Columbia overstated its projected natural gas royalty revenues by about $1.5 billion over five years because of calculation errors.

BC Hydro has announced it will purchase the Island Generation facility in Campbell River, signalling a significant investment toward supporting reliability for Vancouver Island and growing demand for electricity throughout the province.

The British Columbia government has cleared the way for FortisBC's proposed $2-billion expansion of its Tilbury liquefied natural gas facility in Delta by exempting the project from a key regulatory review.

B.C. Hydro says construction has begun on a sixth generating unit at the Revelstoke Generating Station, a project expected to add 500 megawatts of capacity to the province's power system by 2032.

The B.C. government is considering reviving two long-dormant hydroelectric projects, including the proposed Site E dam on the Peace River, as it looks for new sources of electricity to meet growing demand.

The planned power outage will affect more than 14,000 BC Hydro customers in Powell River and surrounding areas, including Lund, Cortes Island, Texada Island and Saltery Bay, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Contractors on LNG Canada’s first phase have been given the green light to begin preparations for the proposed Phase 2 expansion in Kitimat, B.C.

British Columbia’s Ksi Lisims LNG project has signed a long-term supply agreement with a German state-owned energy company, marking what officials say is Canada’s first LNG export deal with a European buyer.

Premier David Eby said Tuesday that a major liquefied natural gas export deal between B.C.’s Ksi Lisims LNG project and Germany would mark a significant step toward a final investment decision on the proposed multibillion-dollar facility.