Northern Canada Power Commission

Crown corporation

Northern Canada Power CommissionFormerly| Northwest Territories Power Commission (1948–56)

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Company type| Crown corporation
Industry| Electric utility
Founded| 1948 (1948)
Defunct| 1988 (1988)
Successors|

*     * Northwest Territories Power Corporation
* Yukon Energy

Headquarters|

Edmonton, Alberta

Canada

Owner| Government of Canada

The Northern Canada Power Commission, formerly the Northwest Territories Power Commission, was a federal Crown corporation established by the Government of Canada to serve as the electric utility for northern Canada. The assets of the NCPC were transferred to the territorial governments of Yukon and the Northwest Territories in the 1980s to form Yukon Energy and the Northwest Territories Power Corporation.[1][2]

## References

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1. ^ "History of the Corporation". Northwest Territories Power Corporation. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
2. ^ Windeyer, Chris (June 21, 2015). "5 things to know about the Senate's territorial energy report". CBC News. Retrieved December 3, 2020.

## See also

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* Qulliq Energy, an electricity utility created from Northwest Territories Power Corporation during the establishment of Nunavut.