Enbridge Gas is reopening its application for a 13-kilometre, C$123.7-million pipeline replacement project in Ottawa after the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) refused the project in May, 2022, even as the city moves ahead with plans to drastically reduce future demand for the natural gas the utility wants to sell.
Enbridge maintained at the time that the existing St. Laurent pipeline was a hazard and needed to be replaced, and now it’s coming back with new information to back that claim, CTV News reports. “We’ve done detailed inspections, analysis, risk assessments that show that the pipeline does need replacement, and we are submitting to the Ontario Energy Board,” said Steven Rogers, the company’s operations manager, east region. “It serves about 165,000 customers, and it’s a vital component of the energy mix for the National Capital Region.”
But the regulator didn’t buy that argument when the distribution utility first put it forward in March, 2021, The Energy Mix reported exclusively nearly two years ago, in a decision that sent minor shock waves through the province’s energy regulatory and municipal energy communities.
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