Thank you very much. Quebec does indeed have a significant amount of wind energy and hydroelectricity resources. There is considerable interest in Quebec in exporting this electricity, be it hydro or wind energy. Furthermore, there is tremendous demand in the United States for all types of green energy. The problem is that in order to assess and facilitate the possibility of transporting electricity from point A to point B in the United States, you need a map of the transmission network. You need a nationwide and continent-wide map, that is, North America wide, in order to determine what the possibilities are. But a map of that scale does not exist. Quebec is not in a position to take that on by itself. We are talking about a grid that is connected to other provinces and states. So it has to be considered from a continental perspective. That is what the study will accomplish.
On October 5th, 2010. See this statement in context.