by Brian Tate
Northern Region Reporter
Ha-shilth-sa Newspaper
May 22, 2003
Ehattesaht - A one-day information session was held outlining BC Hydro's requirements for a hydroelectric facility to be built at Zeballos Lake.
According to a letter to the Ehattesaht First Nation from the Pacific Rim Power Corp, the Zeballos Lake Hydro project has made the short list for BC Hydro and Power Authority. This project is among twenty-nine others that will be submitting formal tenders and have until later this year to put their final proposal together.
Pacific Rim Power Corp is a jointly owned company by Dependable Turbines of Port Moody BC and the Tercon Group of Companies, which is based in Kamloops BC, and these partners have been working on this project since 1995. Pacific Rim Power Corp had commissioned two consulting firms to do the required studies in order to produce an Environmental Impact study. Some of the studies the project had to do are the Environmental Impact Studies, Water Surveys and Archeological Report; these reports are an important part of the process.
Tercon Industrial Ltd sent its president Geoff Akehurst, P. Eng., to this open information session to talk to the Hereditary Chiefs, Chief and Council of Ehattesaht about what they have proposed for the local lake. Geoff Akehurst was also there to give Ehattesaht First Nation some options for becoming possible partners in this hydro project.
In a letter dated
April 7th from Tercon Group of Companies to the Ehattesaht First Nation
regarding the Zeballos Lake Hydro Project, it states that upon signing
of an Electricity Purchase Agreement with BC Hydro, the successful proponent
will have until the end of 2006 to have the plant operational. This letter
further states that Pacific Rim Power Corp and its partners are committed
to the First Nations Consultation process and furthering discussions involving
the direct involvement of the Ehattesaht.
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