Thank you, Mr. Speaker. When the situation gets very grave in terms of rates in the communities, we have heard communities of larger sizes say, “We could go to another power supplier,” or “We could do better standalone. Let’s just get away from the Power Corporation.” To the issue of whether or not the Power Corporation holds the monopoly for the provision of power in the NWT community, we know that Northland Utilities has a group of communities that they service in distribution and in power generation. When it comes to larger communities like Fort Simpson, for example, and they say, “You know what? We can go to a service provider outside of NTPC,” what is in place right now to stop them from doing that? What have we done as a government to protect the NTPC as an asset of this government?
Jane Groenewegen on Question 27-16(3) Analysis Of Northwest Territories Power Corporation
In the Legislative Assembly on October 23rd, 2008. See this statement in context.
Question 27-16(3) Analysis Of Northwest Territories Power Corporation
Oral Questions
October 22nd, 2008
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