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FEDELI BRINGS FORWARD CALVIN WIND RESOLUTION

March 3, 2016

QUEEN’S PARK – Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli read a resolution recently passed by Calvin Township council related to wind energy in a Members’ Statement in the Ontario Legislature this afternoon.

The prepared text of Fedeli’s Members’ Statement is as follows:

 

Thank you, Speaker. The rising cost of electricity in Ontario continues to be of grave concern in my riding.  The Township of Calvin recently passed a resolution supporting the Township of Wainfleet in requesting that an RFP for added wind generation there be cancelled.

The leaders in Calvin note that the Auditor General’s most recent report showed Ontario power consumers pay a premium of $9.2 billion for renewable power with wind power pricing that is double the prices paid in other jurisdictions. They also note Ontario continues to generate surplus electricity, and that wind power is an intermittent source of generation that can’t be used to replace dependable generating capacity.

As a result, Calvin Township resolves that the Province exercise its rights in section 4.13 (12) of the current LRP/RFP to ‘cancel the process at any stage and for any reason’ and not issue any new wind generation contracts.  They also ask the province to hold off on any further renewable procurement until capacity is needed, and that the IESO review outstanding FIT contracts that haven’t achieved “Commercial Operation” and vigorously enforce FIT contract terms.

Speaker, affordable energy may be a fantasy to this government, but it’s something Ontarians deserve and expect. 

 

Video of Fedeli’s statement can be found online here: https://youtu.be/41xWAW0JP64

 


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