Thank you. Mr. Jenkins.
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Jenkins
Thank you, Madam Chair. So this is funded 75 percent federally through ICIP, the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program, and 25 percent by the GNWT over that life of that project. So that's 25 percent GNWT dollars. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Rylund Johnson Yellowknife North
Thank you, Madam Chair. I just want to clarify then we will find our 25 percent in our budget and then hand it over to the Power Corp meaning there will be no money for this project by the Power Corp, is that correct. Thank you.
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Diane Archie Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, you look at the Fort Providence transmission line. It is again a key initiative under our energy strategy. You know, it would displace up to one million liters of diesel or 2.75 tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually. What I'm getting at is, you know, this is a project that would meet, you know keep us up to our targets in terms of our energy strategy. I'm going to see if Mr. Jenkins has anything further to add. Thank you.
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Jenkins
Thank you, Madam Chair. So my understanding is that NTPC will not pay those 25-cent dollars for this project. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Rylund Johnson Yellowknife North
Thank you, Madam Chair. We've done that definitely with different Power Corp infrastructure and when we make them contribute and build it, they build it with debt which obviously gets passed on to the ratepayers. If we build it 100 percent ourselves then it doesn't get passed on to ratepayers. Do we have an estimate of what, if any, reduction in power rates this would cause for the people of Fort Providence.
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Diane Archie Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I can't say at this time. We're such an early stage in this project that it would be difficult to determine in the future what some of the rates may be, reduction of rates. I don't know at this time. Thank you.
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Rylund Johnson Yellowknife North
Thank you, Madam Chair. I know this line ties into the Taltson and I am sure the people in Fort Providence will be very happy to be paying the same rates as those in Fort Smith but I don't suspect that will be occurring.
I wanted to move on to the other Power Corp infrastructure we are paying for, the Whati transmission line. Has a route been decided on that. I know there's been some back and forth with the community. Thank you.
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Diane Archie Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I'm going to ask Mr. Jenkins if he can speak a little more to that. Thank you.
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Jenkins
Yes, thank you, Madam Chair. So we have been working with the Tlicho government on that project and have established a working group.
We're looking to establish a contract with the TG to really do a technical refresh study on that project. It's been quite some time since the routing's been looked at so we want to look at and identify an acceptable routing and of course then we would have to look at an updated capital cost for that project. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Rylund Johnson Yellowknife North
Thank you, Madam Chair. Yeah, I guess obviously the cost depends a bit on routing and I appreciate what Mr. Jenkins said there. But do we have an estimated cost right now for the Whati transmission line.
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Diane Archie Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm going to see if we're able to speak a little bit more about costs given that we're so early in the stages on the transmission line. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Jenkins
Thank you, Madam Chair. So we do have this -- this is in the ICIP notional plan. But the final capital costs, our estimates have not been made so I'll have to update those. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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