There are plans to give an additional updated briefing to committee with regards to the Taltson expansion. It is quite a complicated matter that presently what is being looked at that is the business case to go take a transmission line to the diamond mines. There is a corridor through the East Arm expansion, and the main consideration is the significant extra cost to look at different options going around the lake. The way it was set up was that the Hydro Act was split up so it would be paid by commercial users such as the diamond mines versus communities. The big question is if you go around the lake, there is significant more expense and there are significantly less customers to pay for the transmission line. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Robert C. McLeod on Question 90-16(3): Taltson Hydro Expansion Project
In the Legislative Assembly on February 10th, 2009. See this statement in context.
Question 90-16(3): Taltson Hydro Expansion Project
Oral Questions
February 9th, 2009
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