def METHOD_NAME(self) -> snowflake_lib.SnowflakeConnection:
    conn_params = self.credentials.to_connector_params()
    # set the timezone to UTC so when loading from file formats that do not have timezones
    # we get dlt expected UTC
    if "timezone" not in conn_params:
        conn_params["timezone"] = "UTC"
    self._conn = snowflake_lib.connect(
        schema=self.fully_qualified_dataset_name(),
        **conn_params
    )
    return self._conn