Hydro -Québec – Affaires juridiques Courtesy English Translation December 17, 2020 Alexandre -Philippe Avard Lawyer TRANSMISSION BY ELECTRONIC FILING ONLY Hydro-Québec – Affaires juridiques 4th floor 75, blvd. René-Lévesque West Montreal (Quebec) H2Z 1A4 Mr. Jean-Denis Charlebois Secretary of the Commission Tel. : 514 289-2211, ext. 3928 Canada Energy Regulator
[email protected] Suite 210, 517 10th Avenue SW Calgary (Alberta) T2R 0A8 Subject : Appalaches-Maine Interconnection Line Project (file OF-Fac-IPL-H141-2019-01 01) Response to the Joint Memorandum from the Innu of Pessamit First Nation, the Atikamekw of Wemotaci First Nation and the Anishnabeg First Nations of Pikogan, Lac Simon and Kitcisakik – AND – the Memorandum from Innu Nation Mr. Charlebois, This is the response from Hydro-Québec , when carrying on electric power transmission activities (“HQT ”) to the comments contained in the following two documents transmitted to the Commission of the Canada Energy Regulator (the “Commission ”) on December 3, 2020 in connection with the evaluation of the permit application (the “Application ") for the Appalaches-e-Maine Interconnection Line Project (the “Project ”): the joint memorandum of the Innu of Pessamit First Nation, the Atikamekw of Wemotaci First Nation and the Anishnabeg First Nations of Pikogan, Lac Simon and Kitcisakik ( filing C10114 ) (the “ Joint Memorandum ”); and the comments of Innu Nation Inc. ( filing C10115 ) (the “ Innu Nation Memorandum ”). For the purposes hereof, the Joint Memorandum and the Innu Nation Memorandum are jointly referred to as the “Memoranda ”. The two Memoranda are the subject of the same response from HQT since they present related positions; the signatories of these two Memoranda have also presented themselves in the media as having “united their voices”.