Money poured into unreliable green energy projects like wind turbines to blame March 15, 2016 Energy is the basis of our modern lives. It fuels our economy, generating the economic production that…
Wind Concerns Ontario and member community groups meet this weekend Coalition building Wellington Times, March 9, 2016 Rick Conroy Jane Wilson says a shift has occurred over the past five years in the…
“We live in the Province of Toronto,” says Dutton-Dunwich Mayor. His community had a referendum, said NO, now has a contract for 57.5 megawatt wind ‘farm.’ London Free Press, March 10, 2016…
Contracts awarded over community objections TORONTO, March 10, 2016 /CNW/ – Ontario’s announcement of contracts for five new wind power projects flies in the face of community concerns and advice about Ontario’s economy,…
Communities are Unwilling Hosts, and had asked the province not to issue new wind power contracts IESO March 10, 2016 LRP I Contracts Offered – March 10, 2016 The IESO has completed its…
OPG spills hydro and $150 million goes “down the drain” OPG released their 2015 annual report Friday March 4, 2016; it confirms that 3.2 terawatts (TWh) of water that could have been used…
Wind Concerns Ontario, the coalition of community groups and individuals concerned about the impact of utility-scale wind power projects on Ontario’s economy and environment, and on human health, has issued a statement of…
IESO just released their January 2016 Monthly Market Report with details on electricity generated and demanded, along with prices and impact on ratepayers. It is interesting to compare January 2016 with January 2015…
While the Wynne government claims to be “Building Ontario Up” the reality is different for rural communities where wind power developers offered leases to farmers, who then chose money over their neighbours and…
Huron-Kinloss and West Lincoln have joined 22 other Ontario municipalities supporting the Wainfleet Resolution; the total is now 24. The resolution refers to the Auditor General’s 2015 report in which Bonnie Lysyk detailed…
Kingston Whig-Standard, February 29, 2016 By Elliot Ferguson PLEVNA — North Frontenac Township is to appeal any large-scale wind energy project approved for the township. Township council agreed on Friday that an appeal…