The expansion is on. The next Westcoast program is not
Enbridge Inc. (TSX: ENB, NYSE: ENB) said Tuesday the Aspen Point Program is complete and in service. The company story is dated Sept. 29. It is a project note on enbridge.com, not a CNW or GlobeNewswire release. The last formal Enbridge news release on the media-center list is still the Sept. 14 equity close.
The $1.2 billion work on the Westcoast system in British Columbia can now move an additional 535 million cubic feet a day. Enbridge hosted an event the same day at Compressor Station 1B Wǫchiigii, south of Taylor. The company called it the first electric-powered compressor on Westcoast. Ali Hendi, Enbridge’s director of projects, and Councillor Starr Acko of the Doig River First Nation unveiled the signage. Wǫchiigii, meaning Peace River, is a Danee-zaa name selected by the Nation.
The program put three electric-powered compressors into service, plus 40 kilometres of powerlines and 18 kilometres of pipe along the existing Westcoast right-of-way. Dave Challoner, manager of projects and Aspen Point lead, said the stations are a step toward Enbridge’s 2050 net-zero operations target. The company said more than 3.2 million work hours went into the job, more than 1,000 people worked construction, and more than $221 million went to Indigenous workers and businesses.
This is in-service on an existing corridor. It is not first gas on Sunrise, not Coastal GasLink Phase 2, and not Line 5.