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IPP'a playing minor role in BC Hydro rate increases

Posted by Michael Carter on Thursday, December 16, 2010, In : Clean Energy Act 
Dec 15, 2010 3:35pm

IPP's playing minor role in BC Hydro rate increases

Capital projects, upgrading of infrastructure account for most of proposed increases

By Jesse Ferreras

BC Hydro confirmed last week that independent power producers (IPP) are playing a role in the Crown corporation's application to the B.C. Utilities Commission for rate increases.

In the fifth paragraph of a Dec. 2 news release, the power authority states that it is forecasting an increase of $7 each year for the next three ye...


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Ontario's New Green Energy Act

Posted by Michael Carter on Wednesday, July 29, 2009, In : Ontario Green Energy Act 2009 

Ontario’s new green energy act

New legislation removes barriers to the development of renewable energy

Publish date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Get on the fast-track to power

The days of burning through financing while waiting for renewable energy project approvals are about to fade into the past. If enacted, Ontario’s proposed Bill 150, the Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (the Act), will remove the barriers to investing in the province’...


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Renewable Energy" Ontario Waterpower Association

Posted by Michael Carter on Monday, July 27, 2009, In : Hydropower 

Renewable Energy

Waterpower: Ontario's primary source of renewable energy 

Today, Ontario's waterpower resources comprise about 26% of the province's energy supply-with an installed capacity of 8,150 Megawatts. Nuclear power accounts for 41%, fossil fuels (coal, gas, oil) for 32%, and other renewables (wind, solar etc.) for 1%. 

An Energy-efficient Source of Electricity

  • The average facility converts energy to electric energy at a rate of between 75% and 95%.
  • A typical waterpower g...

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Renewable Energy Act: Green Energy Act of Ontario

Posted by Michael Carter on Monday, July 27, 2009, In : Feed In Tarrif Program 

Ontario Green Energy Act

In 2006, Premier McGuinty set a precedent in North America by introducing the Renewable Energy Standard Offer Program - the most progressive green energy initiative in more than twenty years. 

In that same year the Ontario Power Authority began work on the Integrated Power System Plan – a 20-year plan that will determine how Ontario’s electricity system will evolve.
 

A great start. But not enough to get us where we need to go.
 

We need the Ontario Green Energy...


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