{"id":195200,"date":"2023-11-17T16:23:16","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T21:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=195200"},"modified":"2023-11-17T16:24:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T21:24:52","slug":"eleven-first-nations-come-together-to-form-kuul-power-a-renewable-energy-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/eleven-first-nations-come-together-to-form-kuul-power-a-renewable-energy-collaboration\/","title":{"rendered":"Eleven First Nations come together to form &#8216;K&#8217;uul Power,&#8217; a renewable energy collaboration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, elected and hereditary chiefs of 11 Northern BC First Nations communities announced at the <a href=\"https:\/\/cleanenergybc.org\/event\/first-nations-energy-summit-nov-6-7-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First Nations Energy Summit<\/a> that they were forming a \u201chistoric joint collaboration between the nations and hereditary\u201d called \u201cK\u2019uul Power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reason for the collaboration is to pursue ownership and development of renewable energy projects in the region together. Kitsumkalum, Kitselas, Nisga\u2019a, Haisla, Nadleh Whuten, Nazko, Tsil kaz koh, Nee Tahi Bunh, Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en First Nation, Hereditary Chief Samooh of Birch House and Witset are the first 11 to join and form K\u2019uul Power.<\/p>\n<p>K\u2019uul is a Sm'\u00e1lgyax word in the Tsimshian language meaning \"one.\" Wesley Sam, chief of Ts\u2019il Kaz Koh and K\u2019uul Power Board chair, spoke with CFNR about the meaning behind the name, what this collaboration hopes to achieve, all involved and what is first on the agenda.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sam, \u201csome First Nations still don\u2019t have access to three-phase power, meaning they can\u2019t participate in the new green economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>K\u2019uul Power was created by First Nations in partnership with the B.C. and federal governments, BC Hydro and other private corporations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to the CFNR story below:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, elected and hereditary chiefs of 11 Northern BC First Nations communities announced at the First Nations Energy Summit that they were forming a \u201chistoric joint collaboration between the nations and hereditary\u201d called \u201cK\u2019uul Power.\u201d The reason for the collaboration is to pursue ownership and development of renewable energy projects in the region together.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":138,"featured_media":195211,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[217,222,16830],"tags":[488,15255,2150,14956,980,32876],"radio":[13054],"origine":[280,13049,231],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195200"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/138"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195200"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":196115,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195200\/revisions\/196115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195200"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=195200"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=195200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}