Home Partner News Media Releases Mainstream News Opportunities Multimedia Events Dec. 18, 2023 TC Energy has an ambitious plan for Georgian Bay: to draw water up through a clay escarpment, store it in a reservoir, then send it down back into the bay past underwater turbines to create power for southern Ontario when it’s needed. It’s a complicated $4.5-billion pumped storage energy project and to make it happen, the Calgary-based oil and gas behemoth wants the greenlight from multiple groups. Those include residents of nearby Meaford, Ont., where the local council has given cautious approval, and staunch opponents are fighting every step of the way. It also includes Saugeen Ojibway Nation, some of whom are going with TC Energy to see an existing pumped storage facility in Michigan on Dec. 19 — the fourth time this fall it’s hosted the community on educational field trips. Saugeen Ojibway Nation is the name used by two independent communities, Saugeen First Nation and Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation, when they work together on issues affecting the larger territory. For the last several months, dozens of members of the two nations have travelled around Meaford and all the way to Massachusetts to understand pumped storage, all on TC Energy’s dime. Chief Greg Nadjiwon of the Chippewas of Nawash says he wants three things from TC Energy and any organization proposing projects on his community’s territory: consideration, participation and compensation. These engagement efforts are an attempt at redefining participation in a country where First Nations have regularly been excluded from energy-related decisions. Read More: https://thenarwhal.ca/saugeen-ojibway-nation-tc-energy-battery/
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