MEDIA ADVISORY - The Honourable Chrystia Freeland to Make a Battery Storage Facility Funding Announcement

CALEDONIA, ON, Feb. 9, 2023 /CNW/ - The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, on behalf of the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources, will make a battery storage facility funding announcement with Ontario Premier Doug Ford; Ontario Minister of Energy, Todd Smith; Chief Mark B. Hill of Six Nations of the Grand River; Matt Jamieson, President and CEO of Six Nations of Grand River Development Corporation; Annette Verschuren, Chair and Chief Executive Officer of NRStor Inc.; and Mike Crawley, President and Chief Executive Officer of Northland Power in Caledonia, Ontario, Six Nations of the Grand River.

Media availability will follow

Date:                Friday, February 10, 2023

Time:                11:00 a.m. ET

Media are asked to pre-register by sending an email to [email protected], at which time they will obtain additional information on location.

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SOURCE Natural Resources Canada

Media may contact: Media Relations, Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, 343-292-6100, [email protected]; Keean Nembhard, Press Secretary, Office of the Minister of Natural Resources, 613-323-7892, [email protected]