Your Trusted Independent Transmission Company

Working with Indigenous Communities

Your Trusted Independent Transmission Company

Working With First Nations, Inuit, and Métis

Developing Transmission Projects with Indigenous Communities

Transmission Infrastructure Partnerships Limited, or TIP for short, is a Canadian electric transmission company that develops transmission projects in partnership with Indigenous communities.

We offer our Indigenous partners a fully-financed real 50% equity stake upfront and a path to 100% equity ownership. This ensures a direct influence on environmental decisions, respect of historic rights, and benefits for the next seven generations.

TIP is a partnership equally owned by Vires Partners Inc. and Ameren Corporation.

Our partnerships with Indigenous communities are our key to build value for all our stakeholders.

$5+ billion of projects

from very early to late stage of development

40+ communities

as active and potential partners

100+
years

of combined expertise

Path to 100% ownership

for Indigenous partners

About Our Company

Transmission Infrastructure Partnerships Limited is a partnership between Ameren Corporation, a Fortune 500 utility company, and Vires Partners Inc, a company focused on working with Indigenous communities for infrastructure investment opportunities.

TIP has a portfolio of partnerships holding 14 separate transmission line opportunities across Eastern and Northern Canada. The total capital projected for these opportunities is an estimated C$6.6B, with TIP offering a path to a 100% equity stake for Indigenous communities. All these projects are in the early stages of development except for the Crawford Mine Transmission Project, which has entered permitting and financing. This initial project is an investment opportunity in a significant transmission line, with a high potential for stable regulated asset returns.

   


   

Partnering With Utility Companies

Employing more than 9 000 personnel, Ameren powers the quality of life of people across a 165 000 km2

Become a Licensed Transmitter

TIP is licensed with the Ontario IESO as a Registered Organization and its affiliates are a licensed electricity transmitter.

Overview of TIP’s Partnerships With Indigenous Communities

TIP has a portfolio of partnerships holding 14 separate transmission line opportunities across Eastern and Northern Canada.

Highlight of the Benefits for Stakeholders

In Canada, Indigenous communities have exclusive rights to allow for new transmission development on their Traditional Lands. Because of this, no other competitor can bring transmission to the region without their consultation. This creates the opportunity to expand projects into a network asset as part of a larger upgrade to the regional transmission system.

The TIP management team have a long-standing relationship with Indigenous communities. The team includes deep industry expertise in:

  • Transmission line development and operation throughout North America
  • Mining project development on a global scale
  • Indigenous partnership and project development
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Benefits of the Partnership for Indigenous Communities

Indigenous-led projects

As equity owners, Indigenous communities get a real seat and vote at the decision table

Indigenous communities set the standards for Traditional Land use, environment and project opportunities

No financial risk for existing Indigenous assets (non-recourse financing)

50% ownership for all participating Indigenous partners combined and shared equitably among participants

Option to purchase a 100% ownership after the project risks are paid for and significantly reduced