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This UBCO researcher is trying to make your home more efficient
Natural gas may be the cleanest home heating fuel on the market but it’s still…
Penticton mayor launches appeal to premier for fair electrical subsidy
Penticton Mayor John Vassilaki is hoping an appeal to Premier John Horgan will provide some…
Natural gas pipeline pitched by Fortis B.C. Energy to meet future growth in Okanagan
A new natural gas line in the South Okanagan is being proposed as Fortis B.C.…
Fortis BC electrical rates rising in new year
FortisBC electrical rates are heading upwards in the New Year. The utility announced in a…
Want to throw a neighbourhood party in Kamloops? The City and Fortis will help pay for it
KAMLOOPS — With summer approaching next month, the City of Kamloops and Fortis B.C. are…
FortisBC announces electrical rate relief
PENTICTON – Some relief from rising electrical rates as FortisBC announced today there will be…
Huge fire guts commercial building in Kelowna
KELOWNA – A massive clean-up job awaits after fire investigators are done combing through the…
South Okanagan man hopes to challenge Fortis B.C. on rate application
PENTICTON – With three different positions being argued regarding the future of Fortis B.C.’s two-tiered…
Rutland fire forces four children and an adult from their home
KELOWNA – A house fire in Rutland has put an adult and four kids out…
Battle brewing over Fortis B.C. electrical rate system
PENTICTON – A South Okanagan resident is joining forces with the regional district in a…
Second power outage in three days hits Kelowna
POWER OUT ALL DAY FOR A CHUNK OF DOWNTOWN KELOWNA – Fortis B.C. says it…
Fortis B.C. substation near Oliver targeted by vandals
OLIVER – Someone has twice vandalized a Fortis B.C. substation near Oliver in the last…
Fortis BC agrees to pay Okanagan woman total cost of damage caused by utility’s mistake
KALEDEN – A Kaleden woman who was out of pocket over $3,000 due to a…
Squirrel damage blamed for downtown Kelowna power outage
KELOWNA – A small power outage in downtown Kelowna is being blamed on “squirrel damage.”…
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...