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FortisBC Compressor Stations Interconnection Project

Overhead view of the Eagle Mountain compressor station

Should Woodfibre’s LNG facility be constructed, FortisBC will need to:

  • Expand a portion of its existing pipeline system (from Coquitlam to the Woodfibre site).
  • Upgrade existing FortisBC compressor stations in Coquitlam and Port Mellon.
  • Construct a new compressor station in or near Squamish.

FortisBC will be using electricity to power its expanded Coquitlam and new Squamish compressor stations.

  • Expansion at Port Mellon will not require a new electrical connection.

BC Hydro has been asked to interconnect the compressor stations by November 2016.

To interconnect the compressor stations into the electricity system, BC Hydro has identified the following upgrades:

  • Coquitlam (addition to existing Eagle Mountain Compressor Station)
    • 230 kV connection at BC Hydro’s Meridian Substation.
  • Squamish (new compressor station)
    • Connection to existing 69 kV transmission line.

Project costs

Costs for the FortisBC Compressor Stations Interconnection Project will be split between BC Hydro and FortisBC as per the Electric Tariff Supplement No. 6 [PDF, 1.4 MB].