IESO rules diverge from provincial policy, do not reflect municipal realities, or prioritize protection of Ontario farmland March 3, 2026 Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator or IESO must demonstrate greater transparency and consistency…
“You can’t power a full-time economy on part-time power,” says Stephen Lecce in searing response to anti-nuclear, so-called “environmental” groups. “Reliability and system costs matter.” January 25, 2026 With this weekend marking the…
Wind turbines are not popular. They are expensive, noisy, use up valuable productive farmland, and don’t work for climate change. Why say Yes to more? The Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) Request for…
Sixteen years of the expensive disaster of non-performing, out of phase with demand wind power don’t seem to matter. July 11, 2025 After months of back and forth on approval process and contract…
June 23, 2025 With the addition of two more municipalities in Ontario to the list of those that have declared themselves Unwilling Hosts to new wind power developments, we needed to update the…
Malahide, SW Oxford make 159 municipalities saying NO to wind turbines No doubt where the crowd stood on the issue of wind turbines in South West Oxford at a packed Council meeting June…
May 19, 2025 Citizens of South-West Oxford and Malahide have grouped together to stop a huge, 200-megawattwind power project proposed by German power developer wpd. They have a new website, Stop Cedar Flats…
Ontario municipality conducts a resident survey before deciding whether to accept wind power developer proposal. The answer was clear: NO. In the fall of 2024, the Council of the Municipality of Mapleton, Ontario,…
Corporate wind power or the environment? Guess which side they’re on March 18, 2025 Last week, Environmental Defence published a statement on renewable energy development in Ontario, complaining about the government’s policies that…
Many municipalities that have declared themselves to be an Unwilling Host to new or extended industrial wind power sites know what they are talking about: they already have noisy wind turbines, or are…
One Ontario municipality refreshes its Unwilling Host commitment while another takes issue with the entire proposal process October 21, 2024 Several interesting developments occurred last week as we get nearer to the Independent…
