Climate leadership
We’re thinking differently about the energy we deliver to support a lower carbon energy future. Guided by our Clean Growth Pathway, we’re reducing the use of fossil fuels and our customers’ overall greenhouse gas emissions to support provincial climate action goals by investing in renewable and lower carbon energy.1
Environmental protection
Our environmental specialists help us protect the environment around our natural gas and electricity infrastructure, as well as any areas affected by our construction projects. Learn more about our environmentally-responsible project planning, pest management, and our Safety and Environmental Policy.
1FortisBC uses the term renewable and lower carbon energy to refer collectively to electricity and the lower carbon gases or fuels that the utility can acquire under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Clean Energy) Regulation, which are: Renewable Natural Gas (also called RNG or biomethane), hydrogen, synthesis gas (from wood waste) and lignin. FortisBC's renewable and lower carbon gas portfolio currently includes only Renewable Natural Gas. Other gases and fuels may be added to the program over time. Depending on their source, all of these gases have differing levels of lifecycle carbon intensity. However, all of these gases are lower carbon when compared to the lifecycle carbon intensity of conventional natural gas. The current burner tip emission factor of RNG is 0.27 grams of carbon dioxide equivalent per megajoule of energy (gCO2e/MJ) and the current renewable and lower carbon gas portfolio lifecycle emissions for stationary combustion are -22 gCO2e/MJ. This is below B.C.'s lifecycle carbon intensity threshold of 30.8 gCO2e/MJ as set out in the 2024 Greenhouse Gas Reduction Regulation amendments.
