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Micoua-Saguenay transmission line construction site, in the Shipshaw sector of the City of Saguenay, August 2021. (Photo Hydro-Québec) Micoua-Saguenay transmission line construction site, in the Shipshaw sector of the City of Saguenay, August 2021. (Photo Hydro-Québec)

Micoua-Saguenay transmission line construction site, in the Shipshaw sector of the City of Saguenay, August 2021. (Photo Hydro-Québec) Hydro-Québec has obtained the necessary
The new transmission line
government approvals to begin the construction
will help to maintain the
of the 735-kV Micoua–Saguenay transmission
reliability of Hydro-Quebec’s
line. The planned route for this line extends for
transmission system.
roughly 262 km between Micoua substation in the
Côte-Nord region and Saguenay substation in the
a major project of over 1 billion dollars and when
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region—a staggering feat
possible, Hydro-Québec’s objective is to work with
of engineering facilitated by hundreds of skilled
as many local businesses as we can.”
local labourers.

“The new transmission line will help to maintain
“Everyday, hundreds of people work on the different
the reliability of Hydro-Quebec’s transmission
sites in both regions of Saguenay and Côte-Nord.
system,” says Rousseau. “Reduced consumption in
This means a great contribution to the regional
the Côte-Nord region and the shutdown of thermal
economies,” says Rousseau. “The contribution to
and nuclear generating stations in southern Québec
the province’s economy is also to be noted as it is

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