Problems at Nunavut Power

Canada’s auditor general is not the only person noticing problems at Nunavut Power.

On Tuesday, Arviat MLA David Alagalak told the legislative assembly that some of his constituents were receiving confusing bills from Nunavut Power offices located in both Rankin Inlet and Baker Lake, and said this was “not a very good way of doing things.”

In Iqaluit, many residents have not received bills in some time, Iqaluit Centre MLA Hunter Tootoo said, adding that he received his first bill in two months that very day.

Hudson Bay MLA Peter Kattuk said that some of his constituents had their power cut-off, even though they had paid their bills, and asked that the 48-hour notice period be increased in the future.

An unruffled David Simailak, the minister of energy, said that a new software package had been installed to reduce problems of double-billing, that all mail in the Keewatin should now be directed to Baker Lake, and that the 48-hour notice period was already in review.