Hydro One and nine First Nation partners have filed an application with the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) to build and operate the proposed Waasigan Transmission Line in northwestern Ontario.

The line was approved to be meet the forecasted electricity needs of northwestern Ontario’s booming mining sector. 

The first phase is a line is a proposed new double-circuit 230 kilovolt transmission line from Lakehead Transformer Station, north of Thunder Bay, in the Municipality of Shuniah to the Mackenzie Transformer Station in the Town of Atikokan. The line is scheduled to be service by the end of 2025.

The second phase is a single-circuit 230 kilovolt transmission line from Atikokan to a transformer station in Dryden. That line is scheduled to be in service by the end of 2027. 

The contractor for the $1.2-billion infrastructure project is Valard Construction LP, the same company involved in the construction of the East-West Tie line upgrade along the north shore of Lake Superior. 

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