After a two-year pause to round up new supplies, British Columbia (BC) distribution firm FortisBC resumed as of Friday (Oct. 15) a renewable natural gas (RNG) marketing program that turned out to be a success since starting small in 2011.

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The organic gas program, a North American first when it began, fuels a mini-boom for projects that extract methane from municipal and agricultural waste. FortisBC said it has secured 15 new contracts with 11 biogas producers, including three outside BC.

The latest new FortisBC RNG supplier, EverGen Infrastructure Corp., said today its new contract would enable construction of a plant capable of selling 173,000 gigajoules (164 MMcf)/y to the distributor as of early 2023.

Beyond BC’s eastern border the new supplier lineup includes Lethbridge...