On May 23, 2018, TransCanada Corporation, through its affiliate
Nova Gas Transmission Limited (NGTL), received approval from the National Energy Board (NEB)
to modify its North Montney Mainline (NMML) project certificate and
other related modifications.
The NMML was approved by the NEB in June 2015. The primary
purpose of the pipeline was to supply natural gas to the Pacific
Northwest LNG project planned for the Prince Rupert area in British
Columbia. The NEB's approval was subject to a number of
conditions, including that the Pacific Northwest LNG project
proponent had to make a "final investment decision."
As we detailed in a previous post (
see here), in March 2017, TransCanada requested to proceed with
the NMML project independent of a decision by Pacific Northwest.
TransCanada also requested changes to its approval to allow the gas
to flow east from British Columbia into Alberta. TransCanada took
the position that it was not necessary to wait for the LNG
