Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as I indicated in my reply to the honourable Member for Amituq, Mr. Evaloarjuk, the Power Corporation would not initiate such an action. I do not know what it would cost to a community like Arctic Bay, but I do know to move the power plant in Hall Beach would cost $4 million. The people who live in Hall Beach would have to pay for that. That would be $4 million which would come out of the pockets of the people who pay for power in that community. I would assume it would be close to that amount in other communities. If a community is interested in seeing the power plant moved, we would want, first of all, to have an opportunity to explain the impact to the community, what it would mean to their power bills. We are already paying very high power bills in the north and to increase that cost to recover an extra $4 million for the small number of people who pay for power in the north would be impossible. I doubt the community could afford the cost of moving it. There are, however, a number of money-saving opportunities. In the community of Fort McPherson, the power plant is also in the centre of the community, but what we have done is embarked on a joint venture with the community corporation to put in a heat recovery project whereby the town buildings are heated with heat that is otherwise going to waste from the power plant. This is saving people money right now on their heating bills, and it is contributing to a significant reduction in greenhouse gases going into the atmosphere. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Charles Dent on Question 457-13(5): Relocation Of Community Power Stations
In the Legislative Assembly on February 26th, 1998. See this statement in context.
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Question 457-13(5): Relocation Of Community Power Stations
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 25th, 1998
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