Corporate Profile
We're responsible for generating and delivering power across Canada’s most challenging operating environment.
No other utility in Canada deals with the geographic or the climatic challenges that NTPC wrestles with every day. But every day we step Up to the Challenge!
Unlike southern Canada there is no transmission grid in the NWT. The distances between small population centres makes it uneconomic to build an integrated transmission system. Therefore, NTPC operates 28 separate power systems, serving a population of approximately 42,000, that spans more than 1.1 million square kilometres.
To meet the electricity needs of each community the Corporation generates power through the most economical means available. In the Great Slave regions power is generated from hydroelectric plants on the Snare and Taltson Rivers and Bluefish Lake. In Inuvik and Norman Wells, electricity is generated from gas engines. In other communities the corporation relies on diesel generators.
Over the past 10 years we’ve been changing our fuel mix and we’ve tested or expanded renewables like solar, wind and water (hydro).
Today, hydro electricity accounts for 79% of all energy sold to our customers. It’s renewable, insulated from fuel price volatility, and emission free.
But hydro isn’t the only solution. Smart, targeted investments like natural gas engines in Inuvik, rather than shipping in diesel, help reduce our environmental impact and save customers money over the long term.
All of which adds up to some impressive steps forward: since 1990 we’ve reduced diesel consumption by 75% and cut greenhouse gas emissions by over 50%.