The deal is for both phase 1 and 2- phase 1 is a new transmission line to pickle lake
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1.35B deal to connect remote First nations to power gridFIRST NATIONS
Jamie Smith, tbnewswatch.com
Cat Lake First Nation chief Russell Wesley speaks Thursday morning.
By tbnewswatch.com
THUNDER BAY -- A plan to connect remote First Nation communities to the grid will serve as a foundation for the future, chiefs say.
Wataynikaneyap Power, owned by 20 communities, signed on with FortisOntario and RES Canada Thursday morning to build transmission for 16 of those communities.
A ceremony attended by chiefs, business leaders and provincial energy minister Bob Chiarelli Wataynikaneyap chair Margaret Kenequanash said the deal isn't about those in the room today but future generations.
The $1.35 billion two-phase project would see a transmission corridor start in Wabigoon and head North.