Thank you, Mr. Speaker. When the facility was originally conceived and constructed, the plans called for three oil-fired boilers. We only installed two at that time and there's been a need for a backup since. In order to address this, we've been working with Public Works and we came up with a cost estimate of $225,000, which was in the capital plan. We found another way around that, Mr. Speaker, and that was to enter into a contract with Arctic Green Energy and to provide heat to the facility using a wood pellet boiler system. So we're testing this out. It is a bit of a pilot. It's not going to cost us money in terms of upfront capital. We will be charged by the amount of energy used and if this pilot is successful, I think it's probably something that we'll want to look at using in other facilities. Obviously, it cuts down on our emissions, it's great for the environment and we think we can save money using it. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Brendan Bell on Question 96-15(5): Wood Pellet Boiler System Pilot Project For North Slave Correctional Centre
In the Legislative Assembly on June 8th, 2006. See this statement in context.
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