Powering Canada's territories / : Énergiser les territoires du Canada

Gary W. O’Brien Clerk of the Senate Extract from the Journal of the Senate Tuesday, November 25, 2014: The Honourable Senator Neufeld moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Housakos: That, notwithstanding the order of the Senate adopted on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, the date for the final report of the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources in relation to its st [...] The next section outlines some of the major opportunities and challenges facing each territory and the final section discusses federal territorial priorities and makes recommendations to the federal government to improve the energy circumstances in the territories. [...] NWT is the largest territorial Yukon 27% economy accounting for nearly half of the GDP of the territories at $3.8 billion in 2014 followed by Yukon at $2.2 billion and Nunavut at $2.1 billion.6 The Conference Board of Canada estimates that the annual average growth rates from 2014 to 2020 are 5.5% for NWT and 2.8% and 2.0% for Yukon and Nunavut.7 Mining, and its supporting industries, is the prima [...] NWT is the only petroleum producing region North of 600; most of the oil and gas production is situated at Norman Wells, located in the Western part of the territory, and is transported via pipeline to Alberta. [...] The Taltson grid located south of the lake is served by power from the Taltson Hydro plant (18 MW).52 The lack of connectivity between NWT’s two grids and the absence of a link with the continental grid leads to costly and inefficient outcomes.