[All] New gas fired plant for KW in the works

[Louisette Lanteigne]

Hi folks

Angela from the Clean Air Alliance forwarded the following info illustrating the plans the liberal party has for Ontario's energy. KW is slated to have a gas plant! Also, below that, there is a link to allow the public to give comment to the current energy plan. If you don't want nuclear power in Ontario, now's the time to say it!

Lulu :0)
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Nuclear heavy energy plan will double residential electricity bills – Ontario Clean Air AllianceThe
 McGuinty Government released their new 20-year electricity plan today. 
 This plan is a big slice of “Back to the future” with a major emphasis 
on costly, risky and completely unnecessary nuclear projects. Here are its key features: Coal phase-outThe good news: The Government of Ontario is speeding up the coal phase-out.-          2 of Nanticoke’s 6 remaining coal boilers will be shut down in 2011.-          The Atikokan coal plant will be converted to biomass by 2013.-          The Thunder Bay coal plant will be converted to run on natural gas and potentially also biomass.-         
 The Government will make a decision in 2012 on the conversion of some 
or all of the remaining coal units at Nanticoke and Lambton to natural 
gas.  These
 are important steps in the right direction given that Ontario has more 
than enough generation available to end coal use now.  Nuclear-         
 The Government plans to move forward with re-building the aging 
Darlington and Bruce Nuclear Stations and building two new nuclear 
reactors at Darlington.-         
 According to the Government, its nuclear plan will cost $33 billion.  
However, every nuclear project in Ontario’s history has gone massively 
over budget – on average by 2.5 times.  Therefore the real cost of 
McGuinty’s nuclear plan will almost certainly be $83 billion or more.  
That means the total cost of McGuinty’s 20 year electricity plan will be
 $137 billion or more.-          According to McGuinty’s plan, in 2030 Ontario will obtain 55% of its electricity from costly nuclear power.ConservationOntario’s
 demand for electricity has fallen by 7% since 2006, yet our electricity
 consumption per person is still 35% higher than New York State’s.  But 
instead of ramping up conservation efforts to cut waste and improve 
efficiency, the McGuinty plan calls for a massive supply increase – 
Ontario’s total electricity generation capacity in 2030 (40,900 MW) will
 be 63% greater than our peak demand in 2010.  Apparently, the Premier 
has little faith in his government’s ability to truly create “a culture 
of conservation.”Green EnergyAccording
 to the McGuinty Plan, wind, solar and bio-energy will provide Ontario 
with 15% of its electricity supply in 2030, up from up from 3% today.New Peaker Plant for Kitchener-WaterlooThe
 McGuinty Plan calls for the construction of a large new, inefficient 
gas-fired peaker plant in Kitchener-Waterloo despite the fact that the 
region’s electricity needs can be met at a much lower cost with an 
integrated combination of energy efficiency, demand response and 
combined heat and power.  Will it be Oakville all over again?Combined Heat and PowerThe
 McGuinty Plan directs the Ontario Power Authority to establish a 
combined heat and power (CHP) standard offer program for projects of 20 
MW or less.   However, new CHP procurement is capped at approximately 
500 MW despite the fact that its cost per kWh is less than one-third 
that of new nuclear and Ontario’s total CHP potential is greater than 
11,000 MW.  Why are we artificially capping cleaner, safer power 
sources?Our ConclusionThe McGuinty Government’s plan will double residential hydro bills over the next 20 years to pay for high-cost new nuclear power.  This doesn’t make sense.  Ontario’s electricity needs can be met
 at a much lower cost with an integrated combination of energy 
conservation and efficiency, water power imports from Quebec, and 
small-scale, high-efficiency combined heat and power plants.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   The ON Ministry of Energy is seeking your input and response to their new energy planReview
 the gov’t’s proposal here, and then submit your comments by clicking on
 the “submit comment” button on the right. Deadline for comments is Jan 
7, 2011.  All comments will be considered as part of the decision-making
 process by the Ministry of Energy.http://www.ebr.gov.on.ca/ERS-WEB-External/displaynoticecontent.do?noticeId=MTExNDIz&statusId=MTY3MTY0&language=en
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