Order in Council 1158/2016

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, by and with the advice and concurrence of the Executive Council of Ontario, orders that:  

whereas Ontario's 2013 Long-Term Energy Plan stated that the connection of twenty one remote First Nation communities and the Line to Pickle Lake are priorities for Ontario.

and whereas Ontario has determined the benefit of expanding Ontario's transmission system in order to connect the sixteen remote First Nation communities in Appendix A to the provincial electricity grid (the “Remotes Connection Project”)

and whereas the Remotes Connection Project will also require enhancement of the existing transmission system that includes a new transmission line originating in or at a point between Ignace and Dryden to increase supply to Pickle Lake (the Line to Pickle Lake);

and whereas the Government has determined that the Remotes Connection Project and the Line to Pickle Lake should be undertaken by a transmitter that is best positioned to connect remote First Nation communities in the most timely and cost-efficient manner that protects ratepayer interests;

and whereas the Government has determined that the preferred manner of proceeding is to require 2472883 Ontario Limited on behalf of Wataynikaneyap Power LP to undertake the development of the Line to Pickle Lake and the Remotes Connection Project, including any and all steps which are deemed to be necessary and desirable in order to seek required approvals;

and whereas  the Minister of Energy has, with the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, the authority to issue Directives pursuant to section 28.6.1 of the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998, which relate to the construction, expansion or re-enforcement of transmission systems;

now therefore the Directive attached hereto is approved.

Appendix - Minister's Directive / Remote First Nation Communities