Nine things we learned at last week’s NWT power public hearings – Cabin Radio

April 15, 2025

The NWT Power Corporation and Naka Power each spent last week in public hearings over the rates they want to charge.

No big decisions were made – that comes later – but the hearings allowed us to hear from bosses at both utilities as well as representatives of various NWT communities.

NTPC had a hearing on April 7-8 about its plan, announced last year, to increase rates by 15 percent (after a new territorial government subsidy is applied).

The second hearing, on April 8-9, focused on Naka Power NWT, which serves the South Slave and is related to Naka Power in Yellowknife but isn’t the same.