Low water levels across the territory are thwarting hydro generation at the Snare and Bluefish plants and increasing the need to use power from the Jackfish diesel plant to supply the N.W.T.'s North ...

The Snare system is a series of four hydro plants that usually generates about 98 per cent of the region's power. Electricity generated by burning diesel at Yellowknife's Jackfish power plant is ...

The difference has little impact on Jackfish's operations. Substituting freshwater with saline is a step in the right direction, said Mary Griffiths, senior policy analyst at the Pembina Institute ...

Low water levels across the territory are thwarting hydro generation at the Snare and Bluefish plants and increasing the need to use power from the Jackfish diesel plant to supply the N.W.T.'s ...