wrote on social media<\/a> in 2021. \u201cWe have long run out of time to consider LNG a transition fuel.\u201d<\/p>\nB.C. Greens MLA Jeremy Valeriote says the move to circumvent the Utilities Commission risks taxpayer money while subverting independent oversight.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis decision exposes the contradiction within the B.C. NDP itself, as it undermines and obfuscates its environmental commitments,\u201d Valeriote said in a news release. \u201cIt isn\u2019t just at odds with the B.C. Greens, it contradicts the viewpoints of Premier [David] Eby\u2019s own caucus.\u201d<\/p>\n
The certificate exemption only applies to the first of Tilbury\u2019s two planned expansions. Fortis also plans a second expansion to add another large tank and liquefaction capacity.<\/p>\n
The storage facility part of Phase 2 already has Utilities Commission approval, while the liquefaction part is still in the process of seeking approvals.<\/p>\n
Phase 1 is also split into two parts. Phase 1A also included storage and added liquefaction capability, and was completed in 2018. Phase 1B involves building a marine jetty to provide more refuelling capacity for ships. <\/p>\n
FortisBC CEO Roger Dall\u2019Antonia explained that none of these projects aim to compete with larger export facilities such as LNG Canada.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis expansion we\u2019re doing right now that we\u2019re announcing today is really targeted to build a fuel infrastructure to decarbonize the Port of Vancouver,\u201d Dall\u2019Antonia said.<\/p>\n
Phase 2 would include global export capability, but even then, it would be aimed mostly at increasing capacity for refuelling, rather than competing with LNG Canada.<\/p>\n
Dix highlighted the environmental benefits of powering ships with LNG. This includes a 25-per-cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, a 76-per-cent reduction in nitrous oxide emissions, and a 90-per-cent reduction in both sulphur oxides and particulate pollution.<\/p>\n
\u201cSwitching from traditional fuels to LNG will reduce emissions, while improving air quality for coastal communities,\u201d Dix said.<\/p>\n
Having cleared this regulatory hurdle, Fortis expects to begin construction on the Phase 1B expansion as soon as 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"B.C. allowing Tilbury gas terminal expansion to circumvent Utilities Commission Published 4:10 pm Friday, July 24, 2026 B.C.\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":824209,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[903,49,48,87674],"class_list":["post-824208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-british-columbia","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=824208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/824209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}