It’s exactly the business case we’re working on, is to be able to sell the power to companies in the Northwest Territories that can’t do it for more, or can do it for less, to put it that way. Running the line, other than the scenario that’s been proposed, adds substantial dollars to the project, which would have to go towards the cost of a kilowatt hour, which would make it unaffordable, which means that we don’t have a customer base and that’s what’s driven this at this point. We would have to, as a government, decide if we wanted to do that and look at a different alternative routing that we would have to look at establishing that grid on our own, separate from the actual sale of power and we’d have to discuss if we were prepared to do that as a Government of the Northwest Territories. Right now, as I stated earlier, the business case is what’s driving this to the route and the client base that’s existing. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Floyd Roland on Question 38-16(5): Proposed Routes For Taltson Hydro Expansion Transmission Lines
In the Legislative Assembly on March 4th, 2010. See this statement in context.
Question 38-16(5): Proposed Routes For Taltson Hydro Expansion Transmission Lines
Oral Questions
March 3rd, 2010
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