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In May, the Ontario government is expected to designate the transmission line extension as a priority project, and the First Nations-led Wataynikaneyap Power hopes to be selected as the company to build it.

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/thunder-bay/diesel-power-first-nations-1.3557769

Diesel-generated electricity costly for environment, economy, Ontario First Nations say

North Spirit Lake First Nation pays $1M per year for diesel to generate electricity

Jody Porter · CBC News 3 Hours Ago

  • The diesel generators in North Spirit Lake First Nation are old and unreliable, according to Barry Strachan, the public works manager for Keewatinook Okimakanak tribal council, to which North Spirit Lake belongs. (Jody Porter/CBC)
  • A connection to the power grid would save North Spirit Lake First Nation about $1 million dollars a year in diesel fuel, says deputy chief Donald Campbell. (Jody Porter/CBC)
  • Wataynikaneyap Power is holding community engagement meetings this month in the 16 First Nations communities it hopes to connect to Ontario's electricity lines by 2024. The company is owned by 20 First Nations in northwestern Ontario. (Jody Porter/CBC)
  • Fuel tanks containing 800,000 litres of diesel are stored near the airport, not far from the lake at North Spirit Lake First Nation. Public works manager Barry Strachan says handling that much fuel means there are spills every year. (Jody Porter/CBC)
  • Diesel-fired electricity generation in Ontario’s remote First Nation communities emits an estimated 65 kilotonnes of greenhouse gases annually at current generation levels, according to Ontario's Ministry of Energy. (Jody Porter/CBC)
  • "I didn't think anything like that would ever happen here," says Miles Sawanas (with his son Thunder) of plans for his community of North Spirit Lake First Nation to be connected to the power grid. Sawanas says the power goes off at his house once or twice a week. (Jody Porter/CBC)
  • Katrina Meekis says she's fortunate to have a wood stove to heat her home in North Spirit Lake First Nation when the power often goes off for long stretches in the winter time "because people use a lot of power to heat their homes" and it overloads the community's diesel generator. (Jody Porter/CBC)
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First Nations planning to extend Ontario's power grid hundreds of kilometres into the province's remote north say getting their communities off diesel generators could save millions of dollars.

In May, the Ontario government is expected to designate the transmission line extension as a priority project, and the First Nations-led Wataynikaneyap Power hopes to be selected as the company to build it.

Meanwhile, 25 First Nations in the province remain reliant on diesel generators to provide electricity to their growing communities. Residents say it's a dirty, unreliable and expensive way to create power.

Here are some of the costs of that diesel power in one First Nation, by the numbers:

  • 1: average number of times the power goes out each week in North Spirit Lake First Nation (source: local residents)
  • 3,000: number of litres of diesel one generator can use on a cold winter day (source: Barry Strachan, public works manager)
  • 800,000: number of litres of diesel fuel trucked across the winter ice road and stored in tanks at North Spirit Lake (source: Strachan)
  • 3: distance in kilometres the diesel is stored from the community
  • 1 million: approximate number of dollars North Spirit Lake First Nation spends on diesel fuel each year (source: Strachan)
  • 418: number of people who live on reserve at North Spirit Lake First Nation (source: Indigenous Affairs and Northern Development Canada)
  • 250: number of dollars monthly household electricity bills are capped at in North Spirit Lake First Nation. The First Nation subsidizes bills that exceed that. (source: Strachan)
  • 2024: target date to complete the transmission line that would connect North Spirit Lake and 15 other First Nations to Ontario's power grid (source: Wataynikaneyap Power)
  • 1: number of dollars in billions the Ontario Power Authority says would be saved over 40 years by connecting remote First Nations in the province to the power grid.(source: Ontario Power Authority)
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