Citing concerns with natural gas prices and delivery, Chatham-Kent’s mayor voiced his thoughts about the proposed Energy East Pipeline project at Monday’s council meeting.
“It will impact our rates,” said Mayor Randy Hope. “It will increase our cost. Why are we bearing the extra cost?”
Hope said the TransCanada Pipelines should be footing the bill.
The proposed 4,600-kilometre pipeline would carry 1.1-million barrels of crude oil per day from Alberta and Saskatchewan, to refineries in Eastern Canada.
According to their website, the Energy East Pipeline Project involves three major components: pipeline conversion, the construction of new pipeline and the construction of new pipeline facilities.
“Energy East will convert an existing natural gas pipeline to oil service between Burstall, Saskatchewan and Cornwall, Ontario. New sections of pipe will also need to be constructed in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Eastern Ontario, Québec and New Brunswick to link up with the newly converted pipe. Lastly, associated facilities like pump stations, tank terminals and marine facilities will be constructed in order to successfully move the crude oil from Alberta to New Brunswick.”
Hope said letters are being sent on behalf of municipalities to the National Energy Board.
Where’s the concern about the fact this dirty menace is being pumped through the bottom of our lakes in old, deteriorating infrastructure that hasn’t been inspected in decades? Ask Bev Shipley, the PC’s are all owned by the big oil. (Yet they win in blue collar territories. How?)