SNUNEYMUXW TERRITORY, BC, Jan. 27, 2023 /CNW/ – FortisBC Holdings Inc. (“FortisBC”) and Snuneymuxw First Nation (“Snuneymuxw”) are happy to announce an settlement to work in shut collaboration on the Tilbury Initiatives. On January 26, 2023, Snuneymuxw Chief Mike Wyse invited FortisBC President and CEO Roger Dall‘Antonia to signal the settlement on Snuneymuxw conventional territory.
The settlement respects Snuneymuxw’s rights in relation to the potential mission impacts and represents a dedication to share advantages associated to the Tilbury Initiatives. Snuneymuxw has dedicated to supporting Tilbury Initiatives and taking part in regulatory processes related to the Tilbury Initiatives together with the Tilbury LNG Storage Enlargement Mission and the Tilbury Marine Jetty Mission. The settlement additionally ensures FortisBC is supporting Snuneymuxw’s group members by means of instructional alternatives, related coaching and continued investments locally.
“This settlement is necessary to Snuneymuxw for a number of causes,” says Snuneymuxw Chief Mike Wyse. “FortisBC acknowledges the significance of a relationship with us and respects our Aboriginal and Treaty rights inside our conventional territory and waters. We all know that sustainable improvement requires mission degree selections by authorities and regulators, and we assist the Tilbury Initiatives that FortisBC has developed and can construct on. We stay up for working with FortisBC, and different contributors on this work, to make sure we share and construct on the alternatives earlier than us: mutual prosperity, employment, and safety of the setting.”
This settlement marks an necessary milestone on the trail to true collaboration on tasks that make up the Tilbury Enlargement in keeping with FortisBC President & CEO Roger Dall‘Antonia. “Coming collectively to ascertain an settlement like this takes time and a whole lot of considerate dialogue, however I do know it’s worthwhile. Contributions from Snuneymuxw will guarantee FortisBC can plan and construct Tilbury tasks that can assist decrease environmental impacts and create advantages that can assist assist the Snuneymuxw group. We stay up for persevering with our collaboration with Snuneymuxw.”
The Snuneymuxw are a vibrant First Nation of the Coast Salish Individuals, positioned within the centre of Coast Salish territory on the japanese coast of Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands, the Fraser River, Burrard Inlet and the Howe Sound. The Snuneymuxw territory encompasses one of the vital productive and useful resource wealthy areas on the coronary heart of the Salish Sea. On December 23, 1854, the Crown entered the Snuneymuxw Treaty of 1854 constituting solemn guarantees and obligations to endlessly and all the time defend Snuneymuxw villages, enclosed fields, and the correct to hunt and fisheries as previously.
FortisBC Holdings Inc. is a subsidiary of Fortis Inc., a frontrunner within the North American regulated electrical and fuel utility business. FortisBC Holdings Inc. can be the direct mother or father firm of FortisBC Power Inc., a regulated utility working in British Columbia.
Backgrounder
Tilbury LNG Enlargement Initiatives
For greater than 50 years, the Tilbury LNG facility in Delta has been on the coronary heart of BC’s power system, storing and offering pure fuel to be used on the coldest days of the yr. Over time, buyer wants have developed and so has Tilbury. The Section 1A growth, commissioned in 2019, added a 46,000 cubic metre storage tank and LNG liquefaction capability of 0.25 million tonnes each year (MTPA). Additional Tilbury expansions are proposed to assist strengthen FortisBC’s fuel system and supply extra LNG to clients wanting to scale back their carbon footprint as follows:
Section 1B
This growth is meant to serve rising demand for LNG as a marine gas by rising LNG liquefaction capability by as much as 0.65 MTPA. By increasing Tilbury’s capability, we will advance LNG as a lower-carbon various gas to diesel or bunker oil for marine delivery.
Section 2
This growth has two elements and serves two features. The primary part is a further storage tank of as much as 142,400 cubic metres to offer a backup power provide to the Decrease Mainland, which strengthens the resilience of our fuel system. The second part is extra liquefaction of as much as roughly 2.6 MTPA which can produce LNG to assist clients swap from greater carbon fuels like diesel or coal.
Marine Jetty
The Tilbury Marine Jetty is proposed by Tilbury Jetty LP, an affiliate of FortisBC, and could be positioned adjoining to the Tilbury LNG facility. This mission, by means of offering ship loading providers for LNG, allows ship-to-ship LNG marine fueling within the Port of Vancouver, which may considerably scale back emissions from the delivery business. It additionally allows LNG to displace greater carbon fuels in business and power technology. LNG from Tilbury can scale back GHG emissions from ships as much as 27 per cent when switching from conventional marine gas.
SOURCE FortisBC Holdings Inc.
For additional info: MEDIA CONTACT: Jillian Drews, Supervisor, Communications, Main Initiatives, FortisBC, Cellphone: 778-554-9206, E mail: [email protected], 24-hour media line: 1-855-FBC-NEWS or 1-855-322-6397; Andrew Sutherland, Communications Supervisor, Snuneymuxw, E mail: [email protected]
