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Canadian Utilities and Vuntut Gwitchin Complete Landmark Solar Project, Reducing Community Diesel Use in Old Crow, Yukon
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n Canadian Utilities and Vuntut Gwitchin Complete Landmark Solar Project, Reducing Community Diesel Use in Old Crow, Yukon\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n CALGARY, AB\n \n ,\n \n Aug. 23, 2021\n \n /CNW/ -\n \n ATCO Ltd.\n \n (TSX: ACO.X) (TSX: ACO.Y)\n \n / Canadian Utilities Limited\n \n (TSX: CU) (TSX: CU.X) The Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation and Canadian Utilities Limited, an ATCO company,\n \n have announced\n \n the completion of\n \n Canada's\n \n most northerly off-grid solar project, reducing diesel use by 189,000 litres annually in the remote\n \n Yukon\n \n community of\n \n Old Crow\n \n and providing them with clean energy for decades to come.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n To see this important project through to successful completion, the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation and Canadian Utilities developed a first-of-its-kind Electricity Purchase Agreement that is a model for effective collaboration in the utilities sector. The Vuntut Gwitchin will serve as the Independent Power Producer, owner and operator of the solar facility, while Canadian Utilities will purchase the solar electricity generated for the next 25 years, feed it into the grid and redistribute to the community.\n \n \n \"Within ATCO, we are enabling and accelerating the clean energy transition for our customers and providing communities and community partners with sustainable, reliable energy alternatives, however remote they may be,\" said\n \n Melanie Bayley\n \n , President, ATCO Electric. \"With this landmark project complete, we intend to replicate our innovative model for effective collaboration in similar remote and Indigenous communities across\n \n Canada\n \n , allowing them to achieve greater energy autonomy while lowering environmental impacts.\"\n \n \n Beyond creating a reliable source of revenue for the community, the reduction in diesel fuel use is in line with the Vuntut Gwitchin's 2019 Yeendoo Diinehdoo Ji'heezrit Nits'oo Ts'o'Nan He'aa Declaration, calling for concrete action on combatting climate change.\n \n \...