Our newsletter: 05 June 2025
BC Hydro’s planned expansion of transmission lines
Challenged BC law benefits LNG
Two new BC government laws — the Renewable Energy Projects (Streamlined Permitting) Act, Bill 14, and the Infrastructure Projects Act, Bill 15, ran into opposition from some First Nations groups, and BC municipalities.
Some Indigenous organizations protested lack of advance consultation on the proposed laws. In the end, both bills did pass in the legislature, with the government requiring a tie-breaking vote from the Speaker.
A point that critics miss is that Bill 14 means some benefit for the LNG sector, namely the speeding up of the North Coast Transmission Line (NCTL), 450 kilometres of high-voltage power line from Prince George to Terrace.
- Read more: https://ow.ly/623Y50W0gOy
Alliance has two new affiliate members
They are Rockies LNG Partners, a partnership of Western Canadian natural-gas producers, and Tourmaline Oil, Canada’s largest producer of natural gas.
The Rockies LNG partners produce half of the natural gas extracted from the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. Tourmaline is the largest producer in the Alberta Deep Basin, and has ownership in, and operates processing facilities in, the Montney gas region.
- Meet them, and our other affiliate members, here: ly/tb2w50W0OaJ
Alliance supports Global Energy Show
Alliance chair Chief Crystal Smith and Alliance CEO Karen Ogen, along with Andrew Robinson, CEO of the Nisga’a Lisims government, take part in a panel discussion June 12 at the Global Energy Show Canada at Calgary.
The session, Partnering with the World – First Nations Energy on the World Stage, will be moderated by Shannon Joseph, chair of energy for a Secure Future Canada: https://ow.ly/908850W2a7N
Earlier, the National Coalition of Chiefs will host the Canada Gas & LNG Dinner at the event.
The Alliance partners with the Global Energy Show, to advance discussions on sustainable and inclusive energy development.
- Connect here: https://ow.ly/fnQF50VIrw3
- Watch this video: https://ow.ly/M4oE50VmMJN
- And register here: https://ow.ly/OKHw50VmMGR
First Nations and clean energy
- Cold Lake First Nations in Alberta take majority ownership in a new solar project: https://ow.ly/hpxf50W06Qf (Photo above)
- BC Hydro signs a 30-year electricity purchase agreement with Westbank First Nation and Innergex for the K2 wind project: https://ow.ly/SiAb50W2aiI
- Innergex and three Mi’gmaq communities achieve financing for the Mesgi’g Ugju’s’n 2 wind project in Quebec: https://ow.ly/NxS750W2ah9
ALSO IN THE NEWS
- Kitselas First Nation signs an Impact Management and Benefit Agreement with the Nisga’a Nation’s Ksi Lisims LNG project: https://ow.ly/ZRAc50W01Jt
- Indigenous organizations urge PM Carney to give ‘a clear and positive message’ about Canadian LNG to the G7 summit June 15-17: https://ow.ly/YOlA50W0sEm
- Tim McMillan: PM Carney wants Canada to be an energy superpower – here’s how he can prove it. For one thing, ‘Tell the world there is a business case for Canadian LNG.’ https://ow.ly/js3c50W1K4G
- Japan sees LNG and LNG Canada as ‘a significant part of their overall strategy.’—BC Premier David Eby during his trade mission to Asia: https://ow.ly/SHuj50W46ke
- Woodfibre LNG plans an all-electric liquefaction process, and thus an emissions profile that is 14 times lower than conventional liquefaction processes: ly/XkLZ50W42vB
EVENTS
- Resource Works: Northeast BC Report: A Socio-Economic Portrait of the Peace Region, June 10: Join Zoom discussion via https://ow.ly/GO9A50VTqbO
- Global Energy Show Canada (and Canada Gas & LNG 2025), June 10-12, Calgary: https://ow.ly/jcLE50VQu97
- June 12: Join our Alliance chair, Chief Crystal Smith, our CEO, Karen Ogen, and Andrew Robinson, CEO of the Nisga’a Lisims government, in this panel discussion at the Global Energy Show: Partnering with the World – First Nations Energy on the World Stage: https://ow.ly/JXEj50VQu5N
- Enserva speaker series: Premiers Danielle Smith and Scott Moe on the importance of growing oil and gas production, June 16, Calgary: https://ow.ly/Vh5O50VH1Gf
- Arctic Development Expo, June 17-19, Inuvik: https://ow.ly/A1Hj50Vqoql
- Ninth Indigenous Resource Opportunities Conference, June 18-20, Nanaimo: https://ow.ly/tZl650USCI8
- Greater Vancouver Board of Trade: Reconciliation in Action event, June 19, Vancouver: https://ow.ly/rRk650W0lFN
- Canadian Gas Association’s Economic Regulations School. June 23-26, Vancouver. Register: https://ow.ly/ejG250W08oc
- Assembly of First Nations, annual general assembly, July 15-17, Winnipeg: https://ow.ly/VEqw50VJTSZ
- RBN Energy’s School of Energy Canada, Aug. 26-27, Calgary: https://ow.ly/ebPW50Vy9LO
- Ninth annual Nation2Nation forum, Oct. 21-23, Kitimat BC: https://ow.ly/LvkJ50VYq07
2026
- Canadian Gas Association, CGA Energy Security Summit, March 10-11, Ottawa: https://ow.ly/6FLp50VQu0N
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