TC Energy Corp. received approval from the Government of Canada for its Nova Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL) 2021 System Expansion Project. NGTL expects that this approval will allow it to immediately progress construction activities in accordance with regulatory requirements, with compressor station field work expected to begin December 2020 and pipeline construction expected to start January 2021.
Once placed in service, which will occur through 2021 and into 2022, the 2021 NGTL expansion project will provide 500 MMcfd of incremental capacity to local distribution companies, power producers, petrochemical companies, and natural gas producers. It will add 344 km of new pipeline to the existing Nova transmission system from Red Deer to Grand Prairie, Alta., increasing capacity to 2.5 bcfd.
The $2.3-billion project is part of a $9.9-billion NGTL program to add 3.5 bcfd of incremental delivery capacity between 2020 and 2024.
