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6TuesdayJuly92013GETMOREWITHORETHEUPCOMINGMINERALPROCESSINGOPERATORPRE-EMPLOYMENTPROGRAMCOULDBEYOURTICKETTOAWELL-PAIDNORTHERNCAREER.TOAPPLYCONTACTTHEMINETRAININGSOCIETYAT867-765-0445OREMAILMTSMINETRAINING.CATheprogramwillqualiysuccessultraineesorentry-levelpositionsattheNWTsmajormines.SelectedapplicantswillbefnanciallysupportedthroughLMALMDAorASETS.Mineemployeesgenerallyrequirecriminalrecordchecks.IyoureeligibletheMineTrainingSocietycanassistwithapplicationsorcriminalrecordsuspension.Theprogramhastwophases.Phase1consistsoa12-weekclassroomandshopsessionatAuroraCollegesThebachacampusinFortSmith.Phase2is504hourslongwiththree2-weekrotationson-siteatanoperatingdiamondmine.JOINTHENWTSBOOMINGMININGINDUSTRYASAMINERALPROCESSOR.LOCATIONAPPLICATIONDEADLINEFORTSMITHNWTJULY312013PROGRAMSTARTSEPTEMBER32013ByMEAGANWOHLBERGPlanstoconnecttheexist-ingSnareandTaltsonhydrosystemswithtransmissionlinesarenearlyreadytoenterthetenderingphaseandcostsareestimatedtoreachmorethanhalfabilliondollars.Thelinewhichisprelimi-narilyroutedaroundthewestsideofGreatSlaveLakeforatotaldistanceofaround900kmisdesignedtoincreaseinfrastructuralcapacitytomeetthepowerloadsoffu-tureminesandbringseveralcommunitiesoffdiesel.Themaindriverforthisinitiativeistobuildbackboneenergyinfrastructurethatwillovertimestabilizethecostofenergyforcommuni-tiesandexistingcustomersthatchoosetotieinbutalsotospreadcostsacrossallofthepotentialcustomersintheNWTandbuildeconomiesofscaleAndrewStewartmanagerofbusinessdevelop-mentforNWTEnergyCorp.toldTheJournal.Weknowthateachin-dividualcommunitythatsstuckondieselisgoingtobestuckinthatcyclethatuntilwendanothersolu-tionwilljustbesubjecttothecostofthecommodity...Whatweretryingtodoeventhoughtheresareallyhighupfrontcostisstabilizethatcostsothatyoureusingwaterinsteadofdiesel.Andbyvirtueofthatyouthenbuildasystemthatwillat-tractcustomersandalsogiveyouanopportunitytoexpandhydroprojectslikeTaltsonwhenthecustomerbaseisinplacehesaid.Theprojectiscurrentlyintheexploratoryphaseoflookingatthetechnicalsta-bilityrequirementsneededtolinkthetwosystemsfromwhatvoltageitwillneedtorunattowhatkindofpolesitwilltakewhichwilldeter-minethenalcost.TheTaltsonprojectwasabouta400-milliontrans-missionlineandthatwastogo700km.Thiswouldbeahighervoltagesystemlikelywerethinkingabout230kvinsteadof161...Itsgoingtobecertainlymoreexpensive.Itsgoingtobemorethan500millionasageneralsenseStewartsaid.AlsotobedecidediswhatcommunitiesthelinewillgothroughandwherethelinewillcrosstheMackenzieRiver.KakisaandFortProvi-dencestandtogethookedintothehydrointertieandpoten-tiallyFortSimpsonthoughmoreworkneedstobedoneonthefeasibilityofthatlink.StewartsaidhedoubtsthelinewillbeabletocrossoverthenewDehChoBridge.Ifitsahigh-voltagelinewhichImsureitwillhavetobeImprettysurethebridgewontbesuitableforthatkindofcrossingbecausewitha230kilovoltlineyoucant.Thatssomethingtheyllcon-rmforusbutImassum-ingtheyregoingtohavetodosomekindofspanacrosstheriveratanarrowpointhesaid.TheEnergyCorp.isnowintheprocessofputtingto-getherarequestfortendersRFTtohavesystemstabil-ityexpertsfromacrossthecountrydraftaproposalonwhatthetransmissionlineprojectrequiresandwhatitwillcosttakingintocon-siderationtheloadsinthecommunitiesandpotentialminesalongtheway.Insteadofchasingindi-vidualcustomerswithonehydroprojectwellbuildagridandthenbuildrenew-ableandhydroprojectsintoitanditwontbedependentononeindividualcustomertosupportthatproject.WiththeTaltsonexpansionprojectstillinhiatusStewartsaidthecompanyaimedforabout400megawattsoftheloadtobeconsumedbytheexistingcustomerbase.Hesaidtherewillbeasimilarkindofneedforthissystem.Weneedthoseloadsinordertopayforthesystemhesaid.Wellhavetorunabunchofscenariosastowhatloadswecanexpectandforhowlong.Butafundamen-talcomponentofthisiswewillattractexistingandnewcustomerstothegrid.Andthenyouendupsharingthebenetsofthosesavingstoeverybodythatsonthesys-teminsteadofjustthecom-munitiesorjustonemine.Allthecommunitieswouldbenet-onceitsstabilizedandovertimeifyoureat-tractingnewcustomerstheneverybodysharesthatbenet.OncetheRFTisoutStew-artsaiditwilltakeaboutamonthforrespondentstosubmitpackagesbeforeanythingcanbeawarded.Followingtheawardofacontractitwilllikelytakeaboutthreeorfourmonthstoreceiveadraftofthegeneralsystemrequirementsfol-lowedbydetailsonroutescostingandconstructionestimates.NWTgridexpansiontocostoverhalf-billionPowerCorp.toputoutrequestsfortenderwithinweeksIndustryEnergyPhotoDonJaqueTheNTPowerCorp.islookingforwaystotietheTaltsonhydrosystemabovewiththeSnare.