Article content Approvals received. Full steam ahead. The Ontario Energy Board has approved PUC Distribution Inc.’s application that will see it build the first community-wide smart grid project in Canada. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. PUC's $34M Smart Grid project gets OEB approval Back to video The $34-million endeavour will be the largest project in PUC’s 100 plus-year history and has been on the books and in the planning stages for about seven years. The smart grid system, scheduled to be completed by the end of 2022, has been called a game changer, not just for Sault Ste. Marie, but how the project is expected to impact how other utilities across the country look at smart grid systems, said PUC president and CEO Rob Brewer.