Mr. Speaker, on January 11th, 2025, at 12:45 p.m., the power went out 14 hours in the community of Fort Resolution and in minus 28 below weather. NTPC made no public announcement in the community on social media. An NTPC technician drove into town, and they were advised not to proceed by local leaders due to extreme cold weather at the time. NTPC ignored the cold weather advice and proceeded to replace one power generator unit. An NTPC technician replaced the generator and later found other issues related to power lines in the community. NTPC called for additional contractors' support from Yellowknife to help restore the power in the community, and the power was later restored around 4:30 a.m. on January 12th, 2025 - 14 hours later. There was some confusion about the warming centre, and NTPC posted on social media that afternoon that Deninu Kue School would be designated as a warming shelter, but the school was locked down when residents went there to the school to keep warm. It was later posted that the elders' facility in the community will be the new designated warming centre for the residents in the community.

Mr. Speaker, the community residents of Fort Resolution were very concerned about their homes freezing up in the minus 28 weather and causing significant damage to their homes with potential frozen toilets, frozen water lines, frozen tanks, pressure pumps, et cetera.

Mr. Speaker, the Taltson Hydro Dam has been offline for almost two years, and the community of Fort Resolution had no choice to rely on its backup diesel generator in the interim. NTPC confirmed that the Taltson hydro will be back online in mid-February 2025, and that's welcome news for the community of Fort Resolution. Mr. Speaker, I will have questions for the Minister at the appropriate time. Mahsi.