If the Member will think back, we started on an emergency basis where the running out of natural gas in Inuvik was declared imminent, that there was a need to minimize the load and pressure on the existing gas reserves. That work was done, recognizing that synthetic natural gas was the short-term emergency option. That work was done. In the meantime, the market in the development of liquid natural gas has proceeded in Canada where that type of resource was available. We recognize at the same time, as we move across to the Northwest Territories with our alternative energy, that there is potential for biomass.
The issue with liquid natural gas, of course, is it’s going to be generating the power in Inuvik come October. The biomass piece where the type of technology that’s readily, I believe, available to have that combined heat and power in Inuvik on such short notice. So we are now into sort of the mid-term, mid-range response to the energy
situation in Inuvik. We’ve invested some money to do the biomass. That work will be done, it is being done and as we look at the broad change potentially or involvement or inclusion of biomass in Inuvik as we have other communities like Norman Wells or Yellowknife or Fort Smith or Hay River, and especially in public housing, we have some technical issues to work out and liability issues. So that work is all underway, as well, in the longer term.
We don’t want to forget, as well, that we’re also looking at wind power at Storm Hills as a site where there is a potential capacity of four to six megawatts. So there are a lot of energy options on the books with Inuvik; we just have to stage and sequence them in a way that makes sure that the community has a safe, secure supply of energy. Thank you.