Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So I have another set of questions for the Minister of Strategic Infrastructure, Energy, and Supply Chains.
So there's been much discussion after the recent power outage, speculation about what could have prevented it, but we need to avoid knee-jerk responses without understanding the specific source of the problem and whether it represents a systemic problem or just a freak accident. It seems that last week's outage was not a problem of insufficient generation capacity within the grid or a lack of backup power but a problem that must have prevented even backup power from reaching the grid. So will the Minister ensure that the power corporation conducts an investigation into what specifically went wrong to cause the recent power outage that lasted four to five hours and makes the results public? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Member from Yellowknife North. Minister responsible for Strategic Infrastructure, Energy, and Supply Chains, or the NTPC.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker. I am happy to say that that work happens as a matter of routine and is made public as a matter of routine. So the Northwest Territories Power Corporation does root cause analysis on all outages and the public utilities board, in fact, has jurisdiction to then review outages. So there's a couple of layers whereby these kinds of reviews do take place, statistics are made available. For example, there was, you know -- when the last GRA work was done, there's reviews that are put out start -- goodness -- charts and statistics are provided. And, Mr. Speaker, I'd be more than happy to provide that here. The documents are fairly detailed and lengthy so perhaps by link if not by physical means. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So that is good to know, and I am eager to review the stats and trends produced by the power corporation on regular supply site failures.
How will the Minister ensure that capital improvements being made within the power system are prioritized based on careful analysis of these trends around problems and interruptions over time rather than hasty responses to the most recent event or catastrophe that we've experienced? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, again, with respect to specific outages, there is this process I've already described. It is formally done but with respect to capital planning, there is a capital planning process that does take place within NTPC in terms of the staff who are involved with outage investigation and reviews but also involved in terms of wanting to deliver upon their mandate as an organization. Anything that is over 5 million, which for a lot of more major investments, certainly would be. That also gets reviewed by the public utilities board. And, of course, I will just highlight and keep in mind that the NTPC board has fairly recently seen its full shift to a hybrid board after some years, so there's a solid matrix of experience there. So we have the level that happens at NTPC, the level of review that happens at the PUB, and then, of course, to the extent that strategic infrastructure's involved, we have our capital planning process as well. Thank you.
Thank you, Minister responsible for Strategic Infrastructure, Energy, and Supply Chains. Oral questions. Member from Range Lake.
