The DPIR session will be led and coordinated by Nikki Lachance M.R.M. Senior Project Analyst, Clean Energy Initiatives, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations. Topics covered in this morning session include DPIR process vis a vis the Environmental Assessment process; BC’s cumulative effects considerations versus those of the Federal government; determination of baseline studies programs, monitoring requirements.

Vancouver, BC - The Clean Energy Association of BC (CEBC) today welcomed the BC Government's new natural gas and LNG energy strategies as good news with the potential to stimulate economic activity across the energy sector and generate new jobs and investment throughout the province in rural and First Nations communities. “The BC Government's new natural gas and LNG energy strategies have the potential to stimulate economic activity across the energy sector on a scale comparable to the W.A.C. Bennett hydro developments of the 1960s,” said Paul Kariya, Executive Director of the CEBC. “BC’s clean energy producers strongly support the plan to use clean electricity as the preferred source for power in LNG production in order to maximize the environmental benefits of natural gas exports.”