NIRB’s public registry shows a new response-stage notice for file 26UN010, following comment submissions filed Sept. 3 by the Government of Nunavut, Government of Canada and Qikiqtani Inuit Association. The registry lists the response stage as in progress as of Sept. 8. ᓇᑭᓐᖔᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ↗

This is the next regulatory step for a major proposed electricity project for Iqaluit. The proposal is not an approval: NIRB has not completed screening, and further permits would still be required before any construction could proceed. ᓇᑭᓐᖔᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ↗

The response process must finish before NIRB moves toward its screening decision. Atiilu News Desk could not independently retrieve the new notice PDF to confirm the exact response deadline or who is eligible to file in this stage; those details should be checked directly in the notice before publication.

Nunavut Nukkiksautiit Corporation describes the Inuit-led proposal as a hydroelectric facility on the Kuugaluk River system on Hall Peninsula, with up to 30 megawatts of capacity. Its current proposal includes a reservoir of about 7,300 hectares, about 66 kilometres of new all-season access roads, a roughly 66-kilometre transmission line to Iqaluit and a new substation near the city. The registry says the design and locations are still being finalized. ᓇᑭᓐᖔᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ↗