The province has already released a technical review that found "key deficiencies" in the proposal by a Wisconsin city outside the Great Lakes basin to take drinking water from Lake Michigan. ...
Category: Energy and the Environment
Ontario still not tapping summertime power swap with Quebec
The two provinces signed an electricity-sharing agreement in November, 2014, that would make 500 megawatts of Ontario’s capacity available to Quebec in the winter and 500 MW of Quebec’s capacity available to Ontario in t ...
Will the government take an exit ramp on ‘Natural Gas Superhighway’ bill?
PC MPP Bob Bailey’s Natural Gas Superhighway Act, otherwise known as Bill 76, is currently being considered by the Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly. ...
Hydro One files new prospectus! (But don’t get too excited)
Filing of a "preliminary short form base shelf prospectus" is just a regulatory move - not an immediate prelude to another share sale. ...
OPG striking out into solar power — and maybe beyond
The Independent Electricity System Operator offered OPG and its partners a contract for a 44-megawatt solar project last week — the company's first. ...
Happening: Province proposing air quality requirements for petro-chemical sector
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Seen: Hydro One ombudsman office opens its doors
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Latest renewable energy contracts to cost province less green
The Independent Electricity System Operator announced Thursday morning it was offering 16 large renewable energy contracts. ...
Ontario’s cap-and-trade system: Too fast, too furious?
Ontario will eschew a two-year "lag period" that Quebec and California used for their cap-and-trade systems. ...
A key part of Ontario’s cap-and-trade program is still to be determined
The province has yet to reveal what type of 'offsets' it will allow under its program - 'we’re working with Quebec to set an offset standard,' Environment Minister Glen Murray says. ...