Northwest B.C. First Nations plug in to power line equity and opportunity – The Free Press
Nov 10, 2023
Massive energy needs being predicted to fuel green economy
Northwest B.C. First Nations are lining up to buy into electricity transmission lines and other energy production related projects in the region.
Through K’uul Power, formed just last month, 11 First Nations say they’ll assist each other in exploring and developing the economic and other benefits to come from equity participation with the public and private sectors.
The group already has its eye on a long-standing plan by BC Hydro to build a 500-kilovolt line roughly paralleling the existing one from the Williston Substation south of Prince George to the Skeena Substation south of Terrace.
Buying into the line would fit with a mandate given to BC Hydro by the provincial government to involve First Nations in the ownership and construction of new transmission lines.
