Mr. Thériault, the Conference Board of Canada recently published a report called “Power Shift: Electricity for Canada's Remote Communities”. I want to focus on the word “remote” and how the interties can benefit remote areas.
In your opinion, how many remote areas can benefit from one intertie going through a typical rural region? How many remote communities can be linked to these interties? I'd like just a rough number.
In the case of a very remote community, where a connection to any intertie is not feasible, what other technologies or solutions can be used to help with those remote communities? Furthermore, can proximity to an intertie connection, for example, 100 miles away or even a few hundred miles away, provide any benefit for very remote areas?