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Under the authority of section 5.2 of the Electrical Power Control Act, 1994 and

section 4.1 of the Public Utilities Act, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council hereby

exempts the Innu-Inuit Envest Limited Partnership and any lender providing financing

to the Voisey’s Bay Wind Energy Project, from the application of the Electrical Power

Control Act, 1994 and the Public Utilities Act for all aspects of their activities

pertaining to:

a) the design, engineering, planning, construction, commissioning, ownership,

operation, management and control of equipment and facilities to be comprised of

21 megawatt wind generation project at Voisey’s Bay in Labrador and all

associated facilities at the project;

b) producing, generating, storing, transmitting, delivering or providing electric

power and energy to Vale Newfoundland and Labrador Limited for use by Vale

Newfoundland and Labrador Limited at the Voisey’s Bay mine for compensation

from the project;

c) negotiating, concluding and executing any and all agreements for activities

referred to in paragraph (b);

d) raising and securing funds necessary to construct the project’s facilities to generate

or transmit power that is the subject of any power sale agreements, including

without limitation the negotiation, conclusion and execution of any and all

agreements and security documentation with any lender providing financing to the

project; and

e) any agreements, contracts or instruments necessary or incidental to any activity

described in this exemption;

with such exemption to be conditional on Vale Newfoundland and Labrador Limited

being the sole customer of the project, power to be used only in support of the Voisey’s

Bay mining operations, and non-connectivity to the Labrador interconnected

electricity system or remote diesel generation systems in communities outside of Vale

Newfoundland and Labrador Limited’s Voisey’s Bay site.