The Ontario government is teaming up with three First Nations and Ontario Power Generation on pre-development work on two new hydroelectric generating stations on the Mattagami River system.
Energy minister Stephen Lecce was part of an announcement at the Sandy Falls station in Timmins. He says the new stations will be the first in ten years and generate 430 megawatts of electricity.
“Enough power for 430,000 homes,” he explains. “This is going to secure our affordable energy future, it’s going to keep costs down for families facing challenges.”
Northern economic development and growth minister George Pirie says it will also help fill the need for power for any development.
Lecce adds that it also helps the province “lean in” to using Canadian-made materials.
“We source, we procure, e buy 90-plus percent Canadian. So this is an investment in Canada, it’s an investment in our workers and it’s an investment in affordable energy for the people of Northern Ontario.”
