Watay Power transmission project completed – Link2Build

December 17, 2024

The Ontario government and Wataynikaneyap Power have announced the completion of the Watay Power Transmission Project.

Watay Power, a First Nations-led company made up of 24 First Nation communities, has built approximately 1,800 kilometres of new transmission lines that will connect more than 18,000 people in 16 remote First Nations communities to the provincial grid, ending their reliance on costly and noisy diesel generators.

The work is the largest Indigenous-led grid connection project in Ontario’s history.

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