Ontario Power Dealing Needs Transparency

In what appears to be a rich power contract with the Ontario Power Authority, the existing Ontario hydro-electric operations of the international investment giant Brookfield have effectively been converted into a public utility earning guaranteed rates. The attached essay argues for a public airing of the contract  terms.

The Brookfield deal appears to be signed, but progress in power dealing transparency remains urgent. The OPA is currently develop a large portfolio of new contracts with existing generators. Bruce B refurbishment is one example, with contract negotiations planned for 2010 and signing in 2011. Of the total capacity of 1700 MW of non-utility generation (NUG) contracts entered into by Ontario Hydro primarily in the period 1989-1993, 600 MW will expire before 2015. The first to expire is contract a for 103 MW cogeneration facility in 2010.

In its 2010 fees case at the OEB, the OPA indicated that 12 hydro-electric contracts and 5 NUG recontracts were let in 2009 and a further 5 hydro-electric contracts and 3 NUG recontracts are expected in 2010.

PDF: transparency-needed-for-power-dealing

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  1. Hello Mr. Adams,
    I agree with your concerns over lack of transparency over Industrial Wind Energy Projects.
    As a future resident within a wind project area, I wish to monitor the power output of my project on Sygration. However because the company AIM Powergen (now IPC) misrepresented the project by dividing it into 4 smaller entities of less than 10 MW, they will not obligated to post their power output on the Sygration website. Note that OPA as of Dec. 1 received 1,022 Feed in Tariff applications for projects over 10 kW and another 1,193 microFIT. 80% of this is Wind. There are more MW in smaller projects which is not public knowledge and which misleads the public into thinking that Industrial Wind development is limited in Ontario. Do you have any suggestions as to how we can get this kind of info. public.

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