FortisBC estimates removal of B.C. carbon tax will save gas customers hundreds of dollars a year
FRASER VALLEY — Now that the B.C. consumer carbon tax has been eliminated, FortisBC estimates the average residential gas customer in British Columbia will save hundreds of dollars a year.
According to a statement from the Surrey-based company, FortisBC, which provides energy to over one million residents of B.C., says it will remove the carbon tax from customers’ gas bills starting April 1, 2025, following the B.C. government’s passage of new legislation to eliminate the carbon tax, which will benefit customers by helping to reduce their gas bills.
FortisBC says as it implements this change, customers will see the consumer carbon tax removed from their bills for natural gas, renewable natural gas or propane consumed on, or after April.
The company also says because the consumer carbon tax is ending, the biomethane credit on RNG, which offsets the carbon tax charged on RNG, will also end.
