Natural gas and electric utility in British Columbia, Canada
FortisBC
Company type
Subsidiary
Industry
Natural Gas, Electricity
Headquarters
Kelowna and Surrey, British Columbia
,
Canada
Key people
Roger Dall’Antonia, president and chief executive officer
Parent
Fortis Inc.
Website
www.fortisbc.com
FortisBC is a Canadian owned, British Columbia based regulated utility providing natural gas, and electricity. FortisBC has approximately 2,600 employees serving more than 1.2 million customers in 135 B.C. communities and 58 First Nations communities across 150 Traditional Territories.[1]
Two separate utilities do business as FortisBC. The larger of the two is a gas utility (FortisBC Energy Inc.) that serves more than 1,054,000 gas customers across British Columbia. FortisBC owns and operates approximately 50,500 kilometres of gas transmission and distribution pipelines.The other is an electricity utility (FortisBC Inc.) that serves close to 185,000 customers directly in communities in the province's Southern Interior. The company owns and operates approximately 7,300 kilometres of transmission and distribution power lines.
FortisBC owns and operates two liquefied natural gas storage facilities and four regulated hydroelectric generating plants. FortisBC is indirectly, wholly owned by Fortis Inc. FortisBC Inc. and FortisBC Energy Inc. use the FortisBC name and logo under license from Fortis Inc.[2]
Both utilities are regulated by the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC).
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indirectly, wholly owned by Fortis Inc. FortisBC Inc. and FortisBC Energy Inc. use the FortisBC name and logo under license from Fortis Inc. Both utilities are...
Okanagan, the Boundary Country and Similkameen regions, where FortisBC, a subsidiary of Fortis Inc. directly provides electric service to 213,000 customers...
April 2018. "Mt Hayes LNG Facility". FortisBC. Retrieved 16 April 2018. "Tilbury LNG expansion project". FORTISBC. Retrieved 16 April 2018. National Energy...
Power Producers as well as by private utilities such as Nelson Hydro and FortisBC. In some cases, such as Lois Lake and Powell Lake, the electricity generated...
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direction of President Tong Louie. Tong Louie expanded the company within BC and, for the first time, beyond the provincial border into Alberta with the...
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daily average mid-Columbia price for a previous year. FortisBC which serves an area in South Central BC also allows net-metering for up to 50 kW. Customers...
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Great Depression, when money was hard to come by, groups of individuals on B.C.'s Vancouver Island, neighbouring Gulf Islands, and the Greater Vancouver...
injecting gas, manufactured from sewage, into the gas grid. In Canada, FortisBC, a gas provider in British Columbia, injects renewably created natural...
Ventures. Toronto: Nelson Education Ltd. ISBN 978-0-17-650005-4. "Surrey, B.C., chef named Top Chef Canada". CBC News, June 11, 2013. "BCBusiness". Wikimedia...
from the original (PDF) on September 2, 2014. Retrieved January 6, 2015. FortisBC. "Electricity facilities & operations". Retrieved January 6, 2015. Touchstone...
& Chiyoda in Japan April 2023 and an agreement with Suncor Energy and FortisBC to develop 2,500 tonnes per Annum Burrard-Hazer Hydrogen Production Plant...
to use liquified natural gas imported from a British Columbia plant of FortisBC. The upgrades were cancelled as they were dependent upon approval of the...
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