Electricity planning and stakeholder engagement

Stakeholder engagement is vital to the Long Term Electric Resource Plan (LTERP) process. Our stakeholders provide valuable input into the LTERP and our role in meeting BC’s future energy needs.

For the 2021 LTERP, we plan to build on the scope and quality of stakeholder engagement activities from the 2016 LTERP. We intend to carry out a number of activities from fall 2019 to spring 2021, offering stakeholders the opportunity to participate in discussions to inform the LTERP. These activities include meetings with a dedicated Resource Planning Advisory Group (RPAG) and engagement sessions in the communities we serve.

Community engagement

We plan to conduct multiple rounds of community engagement throughout the province for the 2021 LTERP. The first round was held in October 2019. Additional workshops will be held in 2020/2021.

Long-term resource planning and related stakeholder engagement is an ongoing process. Email us at irp@fortisbc.com for information about future opportunities.

We have conducted the following sessions so far for the 2021 LTERP. Here is what was presented and discussed:

Date/Location	Presentation files	Workshop notes
October 8, 2019 Kelowna	Natural gas and electric long term resource planning	Workshop notes
October 9, 2019 Osoyoos	Natural gas and electric long term resource planning	Workshop notes
October 10, 2019 Rossland	Natural gas and electric long term resource planning	Workshop notes
December 2-3, 2020 Shared Services Territory	Natural gas and electric long term resource planning	Workshop notes
February 4 & March 3, 2021 Shared Services Territory Indigenous Communities	Natural gas and electric long term resource planning	Workshop notes

Resource Planning Advisory Group

The Resource Planning Advisory Group is a technical working group that engages members from municipalities, government, Indigenous communities, customer associations, environmental organizations and others in developing the LTERP. This group of energy industry experts, relevant government and Indigenous participants and other key stakeholders regularly provide input on important energy issues during long term resource planning.

Terms of Reference

The current Terms of Reference for the electric advisory group governs the composition of, and interactions between, the advisory membership (including FortisBC). These Terms are periodically updated to enhance the group’s interactions and to reflect updates in the planning environment.

Questions or comments about the Resource Planning Advisory Group? Email mike.hopkins@fortisbc.com.

Advisory Group workshop records

We plan to conduct several Advisory Group workshops and meetings for the 2021 LTERP. Here is what has been presented and discussed so far:

Date/Location	Presentation files	Workshop notes
November 26, 2019 Vancouver	Resource Planning Advisory Group Workshop	Workshop notes
June 25, 2020 via Webex	Resource Planning Advisory Group meeting	Meeting notes
November 25, 2020 via Teams	Resource Planning Advisory Group meeting	Meeting notes
February 12, 2021 Virtual	Joint gas and electric advisory group presentation	Meeting notes