. The news came just four months after the company boosted the estimated cost of the project by 70 per cent, to $11.2-billion. In a report, analyst Robert Kwan at RBC Capital Markets said: “News of another material cost increase for the Coastal GasLink pipeline project caught the investment community by surprise.”
At the same time, fund managers heard about how TC Energy will become an “energy-agnostic infrastructure company,” as Mr. Poirier put it in an interview during the investor session. By 2050, the company will triple its renewable-energy facilities – to roughly 20 per cent of its portfolio – continue to invest in the Bruce Power nuclear plant and back hydrogen production hubs, along with carbon capture and storage businesses, while scaling back its exposure to oil.
In laying out his transformation strategy, Mr. Poirier stressed that there is nothing revolutionary in what TC Energy is contemplating. He said it builds on the company’s competitive advantage “in our engineering skills and in our deep relationships with all stakeholders, with our customers, Indigenous groups and regulators.”
TC Energy is also striking partnerships to share the risks that come with developing carbon-capture technology, linking up with Calgary-based Pembina Pipeline Corp. in 2021 on the planned Alberta Carbon Grid. The province approved the concept this year, and the two companies expect to make a decision on building the grid in the next 24 months. The facility would store as much as 10 million tonnes of CO2 annually under fields north of Edmonton.
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