Partnership
Partnering with Gemini Power Corp. [GPC] means:
- Forming sustainable relationships
- Building sustainable energy projects
- GPC is the investor; First Nation becomes the owner
- “Open door, open book”
- “First Nations come first”
Lac Lacroix Chief Leon Jourdain and GPC President Michael Dan exchange gifts at Lac La Croix First Nation Roundhouse.
GPC- First Nation Partnership Project Development Stages
- Feasibility study (site location, hydrology, energy potential, constructibility, environmental, regulatory & potential costs)
- Concept phase (preliminary design of plant, operational patterns, potential impacts and mitigation )
- Detailed engineering and construction
- Regulatory approvals, financing
- Construction (plant, roads, transmission, training)
- Commissioning (staffing, testing)
- Operations
GPC-First Nation Partnership…Moving Forward
- A partnership committee is formed to begin discussions to identify and assess the opportunities and the issues
- GPC usually has 2 members on this committee
- The First Nation will decide how many members they will have on the committee
- Meetings begin when the First Nation is ready
- Frequency: monthly or as agreed
- Committee Facilitator: Arnold May
Partnership Committee Tasks
- Facilitator and Pre-feasibility agreements [GPC to fund these initial costs]
- Confirm site(s) to be investigated for development (part of pre-feasibility work to be funded by GPC)
- Develop Memorandum of Understanding between GPC and FN detailing how we will work together
- Development of formal legal and financing documentation, notification of regulatory agencies
- Secure approvals (e.g. OPA, MOE, Hydro One & DFO)
- Selection of engineering consultants (RFP – tenders)
- Timetable for construction
Investment Philosophy – Partnership – Scholarship – Ownership – Executing our Philosophy