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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Natural Gas, Electricity |
| Headquarters | , Canada |
Key people | Roger Dall’Antonia, president and chief executive officer |
| Parent | Fortis Inc. |
| Website | www |
FortisBC is a British Columbia based regulated utility that provides 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).
- ^ "About us - FortisBC". Archived from the original on 2019-03-21. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
- ^ "Terasen Gas renamed to Fortis BC". Journal of commerce. February 23, 2011. Archived from the original on June 2, 2019. Retrieved June 2, 2019.