years and in 1996 started the process to
develop the Western James Bay commu-
nities. 1999 PowerTel teamed up with SNC
Lavalin to do the Five Nations Energy Inc.
(FNEI) Omushkego Ishkotayo Project. This
was a complete EPC 138 kV Transmission
Line that ran 270 km from Moosonee to
Attawapiskat. The Project connected Fort
Albany and Kashechewan in late 2001 and
Attawapiskat in March 2002 to the provin-
cial grid and was delivered on time and
under budget, a theme that is consistent
throughout the PowerTel story. FNEI is
the first 100 per cent First Nations-owend
transmitter in Canada.
In 2003 Herb’s two boys Mike and Chris
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