City reducing temperatures to assist with provincial natural gas shortage

The City of Kamloops is responding to the provincial natural gas shortage caused by last week’s pipeline explosion near Prince George.

Big fire north of #Princegeorge. Smoke up to 10k feet. pic.twitter.com/mdbgjbnzvd

— Greg N (@gregnoel) October 10, 2018

Effective immediately, the city will be reducing its natural gas usage by doing the following:

• reducing the temperature of all pools by approximately 0.6ºC (1ºF)
• reducing the temperature in all occupied buildings by 1ºC
• reducing the temperature in all utility and heated storage buildings to 5ºC
• turning off tube heaters in all arenas
• reducing the temperature of the hot water for Zambonis

“The majority of the natural gas used by the City is for heating purposes,” said Jen Fretz, the City’s Civic Operations Director. “Therefore, we are going to make some operational changes that will immediately reduce our overall usage.”

With the exception of the utility and heated storage buildings, these changes will be in place for the duration of the shortage.

Visit the FortisBC website for more information.