{"id":33563,"date":"2025-07-30T05:27:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T05:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/33563\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T05:27:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T05:27:11","slug":"b-c-contributes-200m-to-electrify-haisla-owned-cedar-lng-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/33563\/","title":{"rendered":"B.C. contributes $200M to electrify Haisla-owned Cedar LNG plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>The British Columbia government is contributing $200 million to the Cedar liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility on the province\u2019s north coast.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753129028_943_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The money will go towards tapping the $US3.4-billion project into B.C.\u2019s power grid, allowing it to run on clean electricity rather than by burning natural gas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to keep B.C. moving forward, we\u2019re going to keep jobs in every corner of this province, we\u2019re going to do it in partnership with Indigenous people, we\u2019re going to do it in a way that respects high environmental standards that all B.C. and Canadians expect us to do,\u201d Premier David Eby said in Kitimat Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The project, which is majority-owned by the Haisla First Nation in partnership with Pembina Pipeline Corporation, already received $200 million from the federal government earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753128969_722_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>The province says the money will go to building a new 287-kilovolt transmission line, a new substation, new distribution lines and nearshore electrification.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Haisla Nation aims to unlock \u2018transformational\u2019 opportunity with LNG pitch'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/STILLHAISLA.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2:36<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHaisla Nation aims to unlock \u2018transformational\u2019 opportunity with LNG pitch\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The province says electrifying the plant will make it among the lowest-emitting facilities of its kind.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11307270\/bank-of-canada-interest-rates-us-fed\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753853231_17_efbda8817089d9eb1fe7096333f1092d3c4b63804437367867ae31e07403bfe4.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tWill the Bank of Canada and U.S. Fed cut interest rates this week?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11308964\/air-canada-flight-attendants-strike-vote-what-to-know\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/93614dc38f971da534a1ce4bfc7c3512ffb8fde22e5588beb3a882444068fd74_341b59.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tAir Canada strike risk: Everything we know as flight attendants vote\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe economy requires more energy and if it\u2019s not clean energy, we are going to go backwards on climate change, not ahead,\u201d Energy Minister Adrian Dix said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president of the United States has taken action to say to clean energy companies, \u2018Get out of the United States.\u2019 Well, we say come here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Haisla Elected Chief Maureen Nyce said the project will allow her nation to move ahead with sustainable development in accordance with their values.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Indigenous communities lead projects as owners, as is the case with Cedar LNG, we are able to ensure that these projects are developed in the most environmentally responsible manner, while generating revenues that enable us to protect our way of life and build long-term prosperity,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The plant will employ 500 workers during the peak construction period, and once activated the plant will create 100 full-time jobs.<\/p>\n<p>The project is slated to be operational in late 2028.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Money<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size The British Columbia government is contributing $200 million to 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