Natural Resources committee  That generally is something that comes up in the context of the tolls. I don't think, in most cases, the parties would bring that up as an issue in proceedings. I don't know that it's never come up, but normally it's around the facilities, environment, the engineering, etc.

Natural Resources committee  If they were economic, there's certainly benefit. When you're trying to integrate renewables, there are a number of things you can do. Increasing interties is one of them, more battery storage, more flexibility around your baseload, some demand-side management. Interties is cer

Natural Resources committee  An international power line...?

Natural Resources committee  The board did refuse the Sumas, which was an international power line from Abbotsford down into the States. That's the one that comes to mind.

Natural Resources committee  As I'm recalling, they said there wasn't enough benefit for Canadians. There was an effect on the air quality in the Abbotsford region and, taking everything into account, there wasn't enough for Canadians.

Natural Resources committee  There was a natural gas power plant on the U.S. side of the border. The power was going to come back into Canada and then go back down into the U.S. again.

Natural Resources committee  That was 12 or 13 years ago.

Natural Resources committee  When we're exporting energy.... Again, parties can come and bring whatever case they want. I don't recall that's been brought up very frequently.

Natural Resources committee  That is looked into in every proceeding.

Natural Resources committee  I don't think that there is any special insight that I could give you on that one.

Natural Resources committee  It would be totally outside the board's mandate to look at that in the context of electricity.

Natural Resources committee  It's not our mandate.

Natural Resources committee  Under a certificate process....

Natural Resources committee  It's within our jurisdiction, and it's under a permit process, so the detailed route hearing would be under provincial regulation.

Natural Resources committee  In terms of the detailed routing, no. The board recently approved the Lake Erie transmission line. That was a certificate, so in that case, the board has some jurisdiction over detailed routing.