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2017, c.18 - Local Governance Act

Section 112
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Generation of electricity
112(1)A local government may construct, own and operate a generation facility and may use the electricity for its own purposes or sell it to a distribution electric utility or another person, but shall not distribute it or provide it as a service to its residents.
112(2)Subsection (1) does not apply to a municipal distribution utility with respect to the distribution or provision of electricity as a service to its residents within the territorial limits provided for in section 88 of the Electricity Act.
112(3)A local government may, for the purposes of subsection (1),
(a) acquire land or an interest in land that is adjacent to the local government and use the land for the purposes stated,
(b) enter into an agreement with one or more local governments or with any person, including the Crown, where the costs of construction and operation of a generation facility may be shared by the parties to the agreement, and
(c) enter into an agreement with one or more local governments or with any person, including the Crown, to provide for the joint acquisition, ownership, development, extension, management or operation of a generation facility.
Generation of electricity
112(1)A local government may construct, own and operate a generation facility and may use the electricity for its own purposes or sell it to a distribution electric utility or another person, but shall not distribute it or provide it as a service to its residents.
112(2)Subsection (1) does not apply to a municipal distribution utility with respect to the distribution or provision of electricity as a service to its residents within the territorial limits provided for in section 88 of the Electricity Act.
112(3)A local government may, for the purposes of subsection (1),
(a) acquire land or an interest in land that is adjacent to the local government and use the land for the purposes stated,
(b) enter into an agreement with one or more local governments or with any person, including the Crown, where the costs of construction and operation of a generation facility may be shared by the parties to the agreement, and
(c) enter into an agreement with one or more local governments or with any person, including the Crown, to provide for the joint acquisition, ownership, development, extension, management or operation of a generation facility.