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New Fortis energy conservation program aimed at low income residents, renters

PENTICTON - Fortis BC is introducing a new energy conservation program it hopes will help low and fixed income residents, as well as renters, in the South Okanagan and Similkameen. Fortis manager Carol Suhan introduced the Energy Conservation Assessment Program, along with a second new program which deals with rental apartments, to regional directors at...

Your Fortis B.C. electricity bill just went up

KELOWNA – Customers of Fortis B.C. have been hit with a 1.6 per cent increase to the cost of electricity today. Fortis says the rate hike, which has been approved by the B.C. Utilities Commission, takes effect August 1. Add that to the 3.5 per cent interim rate hike made on January 1, which the...

Summerland power outage to last until at least 2 p.m.

SUMMERLAND - A power outage has been affecting the majority of Summerland residents since earlier this morning and Fortis B.C. says it will be at least 2 p.m. before power is restored. Fortis B.C. says crews are busy on site and were inspecting a problem with a transformer on the feed to the city. Interior...

Gas rupture forces people out of their homes in Glenmore

KELOWNA – Road blocks were up in Glenmore and homes evacuated as crews dealt with a natural gas leak this afternoon. RCMP say an excavator hit a natural gas line in a backyard on Valley Road just south of Kane Road. Police cordoned off the area, evacuating the people from four homes and closing Valley...

Lumby residents feeling the cold with massive service outage

LUMBY - The Lumby community is coming together after a major natural gas leak cut service to 1,200 residences. The high-pressure gas line was ruptured in Lavington Thursday morning after a vehicle crashed into it. Fortis B.C. immediately began shutting off customer’s natural gas while crews conducted repairs. The affected line serviced customers primarily in the...

Natural gas line rupture outside Kelowna General

KELOWNA – A Fortis B.C. crew is working repair a natural gas line break at Pandosy Street and Royal Avenue right in front of Emergency Room at Kelowna General Hospital. The gas line was snapped by the operator of a backhoe at about 11:13 a.m. on Monday. That's where a construction crew is working on...