Power station proponents celebrate grand opening – Northern Ontario Business
The Peter Sutherland Sr. Generating Station is a collaboration between Ontario Power Generation and Taykwa Tagamou Nation.
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and Taykwa Tagamou Nation (TTN) celebrated the official opening of the Peter Sutherland Sr. Generating Station on Aug. 24.
A joint initiative of the OPG and TTN, the station is located within the traditional territory of Taykwa Tagamou Nation and about 80 kilometres north of Smooth Rock Falls near the junction of New Post Creek and the Abitibi River.
Construction on the $300-million project began in 2015 and it became operational on March 31 of this year. The project was executed safely with no lost time incidents.
