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Decision on Highway 37 Power Line Praised

By 250 News

Thursday, October 02, 2008 11:30 AM

Prince George, B.C.- The President of the B.C. Mining Association, Pierre Gratton says the B.C. Provincial Government is to be thanked  for it’s decision to proceed with First nations consultation and environmental assessment of the power line along the Highway 37 corridor. 
“There is tremendous potential for the north if the power line goes through” commented Gratton on the Meisner program on 93.1 CFIS.
The line has been called crucial to the development of several mining projects that could open up the north west of the Province. Gratton says there is significant economic benefit to the whole of B.C. if the mines go ahead. 
The province had initially promised to split the cost of adding the power line with the Galore Creek mining project, however, Galore Creek was shelved and that meant half the cost was lost. The Province has said it is looking for partners in the project, but Gratton says not all the mines or potential projects are at a stage that would allow them to pony up the money “We might see a consortium, or perhaps a system that would see projects pay a portion of the cost in a manner that reflects their size.”
Despite the downturn in the markets, Gratton says the long term view for mining remains bright as China is demanding resources, and India is about to come on stream. He says the cyclical nature of the resource business is recognized but that is not a factor at the moment “Even the down cycles now are better than the up cycles have been in the past.”

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Comment Posted by: lunarguy on October 2 2008 4:10 PM
Well today Hydro rates went up, to encourage further reduction in usage as we can't produce our own power and have to import 15% of it ( if you can believe the politicians ). So it would make sense not to build this power line as at present we can't supply what we have.

Build Site "C" so we have some base load electricity available and then do the power line.

Comment Posted by: Czar on October 2 2008 11:19 PM
Need energy? Southeast Alaska has abundant alpine lake hydroelectric power.

Needed is a power line to interconnect our two regions. There is a roughly 100 megawatt proposed project north of Petersburg, Alaska which is under consideration. Metlakatla, Alaska has energy in excess to its requirements. There are many tidal sites which have been filed on. All that is needed is an interconnection of our regions.

Similar to BC, there is tidal, wave, wind and geothermal energy in the Alaska Panhandle. What is necessary is a power transmission line to cross the border - Hyder won't work, because it's surrounded by U.S. Wilderness areas.

Constructing the Highway 37 transmission line will bring an Alaska-BC link that much closer to fruition.
Comment Posted by: Czar on October 2 2008 11:32 PM
Need energy? Southeast Alaska has abundant alpine lake hydroelectric power.

Needed is a power line to interconnect our two regions. There is a roughly 100 megawatt proposed project north of Petersburg, Alaska which is under consideration. Metlakatla, Alaska has energy in excess to its requirements. There are many tidal sites which have been filed on. All that is needed is an interconnection of our regions.

Similar to BC, there is tidal, wave, wind and geothermal energy in the Alaska Panhandle. What is necessary is a power transmission line to cross the border - Hyder won't work, because it's surrounded by U.S. Wilderness areas.

Constructing the Highway 37 transmission line will bring an Alaska-BC link that much closer to fruition.