Concept image of the Okanagan Capacity Mitigation Project (courtesy of Fortis B.C.)

By Liam Verster

LNG Storage and Send-Out Facility

Fortis B.C. granted approval for Okanagan Capacity Mitigation Project

Mar 4, 2025 | 12:50 PM

Fortis B.C. will be moving ahead with a project to meet energy demand in the Okanagan.

The utility provider received approval from the British Columbia Utilities Commission for its proposed Okanagan Capacity Mitigation Project.

The proposed project would involve the construction of a small-scale liquified natural gas storage and send-out facility along Spall Road in Kelowna, which could be used to meet energy demands during the coldest days of the year.

Construction will be done in two phases, starting in 2026.

The first phase would see one mobile tanks and three portable LNG tankers filled and set up at the site so they could be used for the following winter.

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The second stage, which would go in 2027, would see six prefabricated horizontal storage tanks permanently installed on-site. The tanks would have a combined capacity of approximately 1,140 cubic metres.

No LNG would be produced in Kelowna, as Fortis B.C. said the gas would be transported annually from the Tilbury facility in Delta. It added the tanks in Kelowna would be empty most of the year.