Eby Says Electricity Export Tariffs Similar to Ontario’s Are Not ‘Priority’ for BC

British Columbia Premier David Eby listens as Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks to reporters as Canada's premiers hold a press conference to close the Council of the Federation meetings in Halifax on July 17, 2024. The Canadian Press/Darren Calabrese

British Columbia Premier David Eby says the province has no plan to follow Ontario and levy a 25 percent surcharge on electricity exports to the United States.

Eby says imposing such a fee “is not currently a priority,” with efforts focused on new legislation in coming days that would give the province the ability to impose fees on U.S. commercial trucks travelling to Alaska via B.C.