THUNDER BAY, Ont. – A utility tasked with connecting more than a dozen Indigenous communities to Ontario’s power grid says funding is now in place for the project.
Wataynikaneyap Power says it has completed financing for the project, estimated to cost $1.9 billion.
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The Wataynikaneyap Power Transmission Project aims to connect 17 remote communities currently relying on diesel power to the province’s electricity grid.
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Last December, Pikangikum First Nation became the first community to receive power from the new transmission lines.
The project, controlled by 24 Indigenous communities, launched in 2015 with a plan to build a 1,800-kilometre transmission line.
The full project is expected to be completed by 2023.
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