could be feeling the effects of last week's natural gas pipeline explosion much longer than previously revealed. The province's natural gas utility, FortisBC, now says it could be months — rather than weeks — before the end of voluntary natural gas rationing. That means overall, FortisBC has just 40 to 45 per cent of the natural gas that was flowing into the province before the rupture. 'May ... have to curtail certain industrial customers'Shortly after the blast, FortisBC appealed to Lower Mainland residents, universities and industry to voluntarily cut back natural gas consumption. And besides colleges, universities and recreation centres, schools could also be forced to reduce natural gas consumption, perhaps forcing closures.

Source: CBC News October 16, 2018 03:37 UTC