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Owner George Dick takes guests on a tour of Dicklands Biogas during the 22nd annual Chilliwack Agriculture Tour on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

Biogas plant in Chilliwack becomes largest of its kind in B.C.

Chilliwack farmers worked for years to build plant that spins waste into natural gas, fertilizer

 

Construction workers are seen on top of the FortisBC Tilbury LNG expansion project in Delta, B.C., Monday, Nov. 16, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

B.C. natural gas users to pay less this fall, Fortis announces

Switch will amount to about $7 a month in savings for residential customers

 

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Power outage to 5,900 homes in Trail area overnight

FortisBC: Heavy winds the likely cause

 

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Wind the likely cause behind Trail power outage

Hydroelectric outage affected 3,000 or-so FortisBC customers on Monday

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The Lifley Farm was purchased by FortisBC for the construction of a substation. Photo: Submitted

FortisBC takes possession of rural land for substation June 7

Invitation-only meeting saw about 50 residents attend

The Lifley Farm was purchased by FortisBC for the construction of a substation. Photo: Submitted
The property FortisBC is in the process of purchasing has historically been used for residential/farming. FortisBC is in the process of buying the land to replace Fruitvale and Hearns substations. Image: Submitted

Opposition voiced to new Kootenay Boundary substation locale

10-acre piece of prime agricultural land includes four acres of pristine forest

The property FortisBC is in the process of purchasing has historically been used for residential/farming. FortisBC is in the process of buying the land to replace Fruitvale and Hearns substations. Image: Submitted
Pend d’Oreille property owner Jim Urquhart gets about $500 per year for two transmission lines running through his back yard. Photo: Jim Bailey

West Kootenay landowner seeks fair land-use compensation from power companies

Jim Urquhart calls out landowners to protest power companies’ in perpetuity right-of-way agreements

Pend d’Oreille property owner Jim Urquhart gets about $500 per year for two transmission lines running through his back yard. Photo: Jim Bailey
Employees from the Trail branch of Kootenay Savings Credit Union (KSCU) have raised and donated $1,000 to the Salvation Army. Photo: Submitted

Food drive underway at Trail credit union

The community is invited to drop off non-perishable food items until Dec. 23

Employees from the Trail branch of Kootenay Savings Credit Union (KSCU) have raised and donated $1,000 to the Salvation Army. Photo: Submitted
FortisBC; Gas bills will decrease by about four per cent or $4 a month on average effective Jan. 1. Photo: Unsplash

FortisBC decreasing natural gas rates by 4% next month

Depending upon gas consumption, this equates to paying around $4 less per month

FortisBC; Gas bills will decrease by about four per cent or $4 a month on average effective Jan. 1. Photo: Unsplash
REN Energy will be building a production facility that will create RNG produced from wood waste sourced from area forestry companies such as ATCO Wood Products Ltd. Photo: Unsplash

Development permit awarded for RNG plant outside Fruitvale

Phil Viggiani, CEO of REN Energy said, “We look forward to breaking ground in early spring of 2023.”

REN Energy will be building a production facility that will create RNG produced from wood waste sourced from area forestry companies such as ATCO Wood Products Ltd. Photo: Unsplash
Electric rates are set to increase Jan. 1.

FortisBC increasing electricity rates by almost 4% in January

Get ready to pay almost four per cent more on your hydropower bill next month

Electric rates are set to increase Jan. 1.
FortisBC has received interim approval from the BC Utilities Commission to raise its rates as of Jan. 1, 2023.(THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld)

FortisBC sparking nearly 4% rate hike for electric customers in the New Year

‘We are forecasting an increased cost to purchase power in the upcoming year’

FortisBC has received interim approval from the BC Utilities Commission to raise its rates as of Jan. 1, 2023.(THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld)
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FortisBC electric customers to receive a one-time cost-of-living credit

The credit will appear automatically on bills, there is no need to apply

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FortisBC not associated with door-to-door sales tactics

Fraudulent visits can happen anytime & natural gas marketers are not associated with FortisBC

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More than 30,00 FortisBC customers were affected at the height of the short power outage. (Photo/FortisBC)

Planned work led to huge FortisBC outage in the Okanagan

More than 30,000 customers were affected

More than 30,00 FortisBC customers were affected at the height of the short power outage. (Photo/FortisBC)
Similar inspections were conducted in 2021 in the Quesnel area. Photo: Cassidy Dankochik

Low-flying helicopters inspecting West Kootenay gas lines in coming weeks

Talon Helicopters is conducting the inspections for FortisBC

Similar inspections were conducted in 2021 in the Quesnel area. Photo: Cassidy Dankochik
Gas heat pumps work by using energy to capture heat from the outdoor ambient air as an additional energy source and then transferring it indoors for space or hot water heating. Photo: Unsplash

Pilot project introduces high-efficiency gas heat pumps to B.C. homes

To be part of future pilot programs visit: fortisbc.com/letsgo.

Gas heat pumps work by using energy to capture heat from the outdoor ambient air as an additional energy source and then transferring it indoors for space or hot water heating. Photo: Unsplash
A Fortis crew repairs the damaged gas line along Tolmie Avenue just east of Quadra Avenue on Wednesday morning. The line was damaged by a third party. (Travis Paterson/News Staff)

B.C. man ordered to pay for damaging gas line despite blueprints showing it was elsewhere

B.C. Civil Resolution Tribunal ordered Fischer to pay $2,309 in damages plus fees

A Fortis crew repairs the damaged gas line along Tolmie Avenue just east of Quadra Avenue on Wednesday morning. The line was damaged by a third party. (Travis Paterson/News Staff)
Following public opposition, Fruitvale council voted to reconsider the sale of land to FortisBC that would have made way for a new substation next to Mazzochi Park.

Fruitvale reconsiders land sale to FortisBC

B.V. community group organizes petition against potential substation at Mazzochi Park

Following public opposition, Fruitvale council voted to reconsider the sale of land to FortisBC that would have made way for a new substation next to Mazzochi Park.
The site for proposed FortisBC substation near Mazzochi Park in Fruitvale. Photo: Jim Bailey

Village of Fruitvale to reschedule public hearing on substation

A date hasn’t been set, but Mayor Morissette says further consultation with the public is coming

The site for proposed FortisBC substation near Mazzochi Park in Fruitvale. Photo: Jim Bailey