Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I would say there is no silver bullet for any of these. As we mentioned, the communities are a long way apart, so it's going to be difficult to see interconnections for all these communities. I think large-scale hydro with transmission interconnections to the south does allow, if the partnerships are set up correctly, the opportunity for those to reduce diesel costs in the north.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'll take a first shot at the question. Certainly, there are a lot of projects the government can help with in the north. The particular model that ATCO favours is to partner with the local community, to have them own the renewable generation. To the extent that the amount they want to generate maximizes the diesel reduction, it typically requires us to bring in a battery energy storage system so that if the sun stops shining or a cloud comes in front of it or a wind backs off and the diesel can't pick up the load in time, we need batteries to act like a generator one second and a load in another.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Marchi. It's a pleasure to be here today. ATCO is a proud member of CEA and has a long history in the north. As mentioned by Mr. Marchi, ATCO and the three northern utility Crown corporations were actively involved in advancing the recommendations that Mr. Marchi just spoke to.