There's news out of B.C. today that the province has granted environmental approval to the Northwest transmission line. This is a major step forward in BC Hydro's plan to build a power line from Terrace to Bob Quinn Lake to bring remote areas onto the grid.
Why this news will be of interest to Yukoners is that Yukon Energy has for some time been interested in connecting to the North American grid. That would give us the ability to purchase power when we needed it, and sell any excess power we might have in the summertime.
The construction of the Northwest transmission line would bring the grid 335 kilometres closer to us. While that's still not likely close enough to Yukon to make it affordable for us at this point, it's certainly a move in the right direction.
This video gives more information about the transmission line. It references Yukon and in fact shows some footage of our new Carmacks-Stewart transmission line.
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