Investigators say the company deliberately overpaid a First Nation for work on a new transmission line, allegedly in order to secure contracts for another ATCO company.

More than $5-billion has been spent building new lines to carry power across the province, and construction has just begun on a new $1.4 billion line linking Fort McMurray to the Capital Region.

Minister of Municipal Affairs Shaye Anderson says he’s studying whether or not to make changes that would protect consumers.