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A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 20, 2006 y

- Power line plan is wantec

Fortune Minerals itself has just re-

ceived a study that it hopes will make

_ a strong enough business case to attract

a partner to build a power plant fuelled

by anthracite coal from its Mount Klap-
pan deposits.

' “We believe there is an appetite for |

“a power plant at the site. We believe
in can be done with new technology
so that coal-fired emissions are equal
‘to a natural gas plant,” said Kemp last

’ week. e

Fortune’s own plans to mine Mount
Klappan coal for export don’t require it

to have power from a coal- fired plant

but it would come in handy, Kemp

.. sadded.

- having access to the grid i in such a way |

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‘And any plant Operator that could be
attracted would want to sell off other
power .that could be generated right
into the provincial grid, he added.

“Certainly there'd be a benefit by

that would make the infrastructure of
the ‘project more attractive,” ‘Kemp
said.

Although Fortune now thas the study

ona power plant, it hasn’t finished ana-
_lyzing it yet and won’t release it until
that happens, he said. Fe

Kemp’s ‘also got his eye on Nova-
* Gold Resources which earlier this year
*- bought Coast Mountain Power Corpo-

From front

of low water levels i in the Iskut River.

ration, a company that has plans pro-
duce up to 115 megawatts of power

- using water diverted from the Iskut

River.
The water will run through’ genera-
tors and then be returned to the river. -
Coast Mountain Hydro has a con-,

tract to sell power to BC Hydro by run-
ning a 138kv line down Hwy37 North

from its development to Meziadin
Junction.

Coast Mountain already has its en-
vironmental assessment in place and
overall permits for what it needs and is |

’ working on a final. financial feasibility

study.

And now,. Coast Mountain’ Ss new
owners, NovaGold, also want to use the _
power to run its planned giant copper

-and gold Galore Creek mine nearby.

-, The Galore Creek plan is now going
through an environmental assessment —
by the federal and provincial govern-
ments and NovaGold expects to make

a final decision on development next

spring leading to a three-year long con-
struction project. —,
Carl Gagnier of | NovaGold says

Galore Creek will require about 80
‘megawatts of power but that Coast

Mountain’s generators: may not be able.
to supply that consistently during times

Having the Iskut River project con-
nected to the BC Hydro grid means
NovaGold can sell to BC Hydro dur-
ing high power production periods and

then buy power when Iskut water lev-

els are low, he said.

“We have identified: certain timeli-
ness to deliver power and we do want
to have power. for construction,” said
Gagnier of plans to proceed with the
Coast Mountain plan so that it meshes
with the Galore Creek plan.

Kemp from Fortune Minerals, says
he understands that NovaGold is only
doing what it needs to do but he’s wor-

ried that a line running down Hwy37 |
North to the provincial grid at Meziadin

built by one company will only benefit
that one company.

“In my mind it’s very clear that a.
said’
‘Kemp of a line size that’s double the”

256kv line is not even sufficient,”

one NovaGold wants to build.
“There are other developments in

the region that would benefit from a.

transmission line and there’s the poten-
tial to connect to Alaska,” he said...
At the very least, he said a provin-
cially-run plan could view. NovaGold’s
fine as the first phase of a multi-phase
power project, allowing it to be con-

- structed but also having in place the in-
frastructure for other lines as needed.

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Mayor talks merger again.

He asked the business community to consider the viabil- |

communities.

That comparison would address those effects in both

ity of not just operating in Terrace but supporting business
‘developments across the river.
- “You can play a part in that as well - how many’ ‘banks
have a branch there for their customers?”
’ “T think we have to learn to become comfortable as one
_community and mature as one community,” he said.
“Even the incorporation of ‘Thornhill i is better than the
stagnant status quo of the last 10 years.”
Talstra is concerned that as the communities of Kitimat
“and Prince Rupert continue to attract industry and invest-.
ment possibilities, Terrace will get left behind.

“We can be one community, we can be forward think-’ .
ing, we can progress: and we can give Rupert arun for its -

‘money,” Talstra said.

But before a referendum can be held on amalgamation or ‘

| incorporation, much work must first be done.
Just as in’ 1997, a restructuring study.would have to be

‘ commissioned looking at the implications of amalgamation ~
~ on taxation levels, policing costs, infrastructure develop:

ment and upgrades among other issues.
“That would be the first thing the province would say is to
do a study,” says Terrace city administrator Ron Poole.
“That's the first thing everyone would want to know i is'
‘what happens to their taxes, infrastructure and services.”

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