Peter Kirby
Taku Land Corporation

The TRTFN are actively building a working model that can help sustain our people for many generations to come.
1.
Revival of cultural values and sustenance
2.
Responsible management of resources
3.
Sustainable economic development
The Atlin Hydro Project is a critical component of achieving this vision:

Cultural
Revival
Resource
Management
Development
Corporations

Taku River Tlingit
First Nation
Atlin Tlingit
Development
Corporation
Taku Land
Corporation
“Generation for
Generations”
Atlin Hydro Project
Taku Wild
Corporation

Main objective - to protect the Nation and its citizens from any liability that may result from the development and ownership of the Project.
Owns 99.99%
of Partnership
Units
Limited Liability
Partnership (“LLP”)
Formed under the B.C.
Partnership Act
(Single Limited Partner)
Owns 100%
of the
Project
Hydro Project
Assets like Generator,
Turbine and EPA
TRT First Nation
Operates
LLP
Owns 100% of Shares
Owns 0.01% of partnership
units General Partner (“GP”)
B.C. Incorporated
Company
Board of Directors elected
by Shareholders
$
Loan from Financial
Institution
Secured only by LLP and
GP Assets by way of
Mortgage, General
Security Agreement, etc.

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The Atlin CEP
(Community Energy Plan)
A joint TRTFN and BC Hydro consultation initiative
for the whole community of Atlin, completed in
2003/04:
•   Electricity Demand Assessment
•   20-Year Demand Projection
•   Energy Efficiency Recommendations
•   Power Supply Options Assessment:
•   Wind study (wind towers)
•   Connection to Yukon power grid (YEC)
•   Hydro (pre-feasibility study, 3 scenarios)

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CEP Results
Atlin Diesel Generating Station
•   Prime power source for Atlin.
•   Built 1978, high maintenance costs.
•   Burns about 1.3 million litres of diesel per year.
•
Environmental risks of transporting/storing fuel.
•   Greenhouse gas emissions of about 4,000 tonnes per
year, increasing as energy demand increases.
•   Over 150,000 tonnes of GHGs in next 25 years
•   Costs far more to produce electricity than customers
pay for it, resulting in rate subsidy to NIA (off-grid)
communities in BC.

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Hydro Project
•   2.1 MW Hydro project on Pine Creek to replace
diesel generators and supply Atlin.
•   $711,000 feasibility-licensing phase (in 2005/06)
•   $900,000 design, tender and finance phase (06/07)
•   TRTFN did much of work in-house & have secured
an experienced development team
•   Very high government interest and support
•   Positive community support

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Project Timeline
Project Milestones Anticipated Completion Date
Public Consultation & Information (ongoing, during
operations as well )
Completion of Strategic Plan 2001 (completed)
Approach BC Hydro to initiate CEP
Community Energy Planning Project
2002 (completed)
2003 (completed)
Apply for Water Licence - LWBC
Secure Development Financing
Project Permitting Studies
Develop Proposal to BC Hydro
Submit Final Development Plan & EA
Federal Approvals, Permitting
2004 (completed)
2004-2006
2005 (completed)
2005 (completed)
2006 (completed)
2006 (completed)
Negotiate EPA with BC Hydro
Provincial Approvals, Permitting
Capital Financing
Final Design and Tenders
Construction
Commercial Operation Date (COD)
2005-06 (completed)
2006 (completed)
2006 (completed)
2006 (completed)
2007-09 (completed)
2009 April 1 2009

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Main Areas of Project
Management Effort – 2004 to 2008
Financing
Feasibility Study &
Design Engineering
Environmental
Assessment and
Permitting
Energy Purchase
Agreement (EPA)
Negotiations

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Technical Support during the
Development Phase
Potential Partners
(only if required)
TAKU LAND
CORPORATION
Sigma Engineering
(design, feasibility)
Sargent & Vaughn
(mechanical)
Elite Engineering Ltd.
(electrical)
Northwest Hydraulics
(fish passage design)
David Austin
(legal)
BC Hydro
(E.P.A.)
Atlin Tlingit
Development Corp.
(coordination, admin)
Via-Sat Data Systems
(hydrology)
Fisheries North
(biological)
EBA Engineering Ltd.
(geotechnical)
Culminex Inc.
(financial)

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Permitting Agencies
1.
Land and Water BC 7.
BC Ministry of
Community Services
2.
Canadian Environmental
Assessment Act
(CEAA)
8.
Atlin Advisory
Planning
Commission
3.
Taku River Tlingit First
Nation 9.
Indian & Northern
Affairs
4.
Department of Fisheries
and Oceans 10.
Transport Canada
Navigable Waters
5.
BC Ministry of
Transportation
6.
BC Ministry of Forests
11.
Ministry of Energy,
Mines and Petroleum
Resources
12.
Environment Canada

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Inter-Agency Site Visit at
Surprise Lake Control Site.

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Biological Impact Assessment
Hydrology
Fish
Distribution
Fish
Migration
Aquatic
Habitat
Wildlife

Biological Impact Assessment
Description of Results
Surprise
Lake & Tribs.
Upper
Pine Creek
Lower Pine
Creek
Lake body and its
11 major tributaries.
Existing bridge at
Surprise Lake outlet , down to intake site.
Location of intake site down to Atlin
Lake.

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Project Elements (moving downstream)
1.
Discharge control structure and fish
ladder at Surprise Lake bridge
2.
Intake on Pine Creek, east of Discovery
3.
48 inch Penstock-pipeline 3.9 km from
intake to powerhouse
4.
Powerhouse and switch-yard near
confluence of Pine and Spruce Creeks
5.
4 km Powerline from powerhouse to
interconnection with existing grid

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Project Location
Surprise
Lake
ATLIN
Lake
Intake & headpond
Penstock pipeline
Powerhouse
Storage Control

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Google Earth Looking East
Surprise Lake Control Structure
Intake
Penstock
Powerhouse
Powerline
Diesel Generating Station
(local grid)

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Surprise Lake
Will be used for seasonal water storage.
Area 31 square km.

Surprise Lake
Road
Discovery
Penstock
Spruce Creek
Road
Access Road
Intake

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Atlin Intake Weir
July 2009, or was it January

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Atlin Penstock Pipeline
3.66 km length
105 m gross vertical head
48’ diameter high density polyethylene
Buried 2 m deep, minimal impacts
to wildlife and human movement

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Powerhouse and Powerline
•   Located just above confluence of Pine and
Spruce Creeks
•   2.1 MW Pelton turbine generator
•   Tailrace channel back into Pine Creek
•   Transformer and Switchyard
•   4 km of 25kV powerline connecting to
existing local grid at Diesel Plant
•   Land tenures required
•   Will cross active mining tenures

Airport Industrial
Lots
25 kV
Powerline
Pine Creek
Powerhouse
Spruce Creek
Penstock
Public Panning
Area

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Local Employment & Contracting
•   25 jobs during construction
•   Some subcontracting opportunities
•   Operations – have hired TRTFN
employees interested in technical
training and post secondary
education, to assist with operating
the hydro plant and, in the future,
the diesels on backup.

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Looking Ahead a Generation
•   25 years of steady revenue stream to
TRTFN, not tied down with government
restrictions and reporting requirements.
•   Source of TRTFN business investment
money, equity to leverage funding,
community projects for all of Atlin,
TRTFN citizens benefit.

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Looking Ahead Several
Generations
•   25 years to pay off the loan, then negotiate a
new agreement with BC Hydro – increased
future revenue stream (50-75 years).
•   We only use as much of our hydro
generating capacity as Atlin needs. This
means there is a surplus of energy-making
capacity in our hydro plant – especially at
nights and during the summers. We can
start thinking about what business ideas we
can use a lot of cheap energy for… any
ideas?

Investing in COMMUNITY what TRT is doing
1.
Sustainable Development, resource management
2.
Reviving Culture
3.
Development Corporations
To create a healthier community
To create a better future for our citizens
To create pride
(PK comments re “right path” for BC – that investing in another level of gov’t for hydro ownership keeps $ local and helps regional economy. BC can do the above just as TRT is, and in fact BC did on this project)

Investing in COMMUNITY what TRT is doing
•   Sustainable Development, resource management
•   Taku Wild, Xeitl Limited Partnership
•   Negotiations with BC and Canada regarding decision making in our homeland
•   More sustainable fishery on Taku River

Investing in COMMUNITY what TRT is doing
•   Reviving Culture
•   Created new Department of Culture
   Dance Groups, adult and children, performed at Atlin
Music Festival, Canada Games, and have been invited to Olympics (pride in dance group and in community)
   Language instruction and investment in materials
   Recording our history from Elders, creating lasting legacies with books to reinforce our connection to the land to others who do not yet understand

•   Camps, trail maintenance
•   Tlingit Art, Music, Dance, Language,
Regalia
•   Artifact preservation, storage, display
•   Cemetery maintenance
•   Tlingit Celebrations in Juneau (travel)

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For More Information:
President & CEO: Peter Kirby
Phone: 250-651-7948
Atlin Tlingit Development Corporation
Taku Wild Products Limited
Xeitl Limited Partnership
Box 408, Atlin BC, V0W1A0

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Hydro Project
GUNALCHEESH
How one project can positively energize regional development in
BC with First Nation ownership
•   Federal $ into BC
•   Local, in BC, ownership
•   $ spent, for all time, locally to benefit local people, citizens of BC