<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442252140619_2214" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class=""> <font color="#cc0000" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442252140619_2213" class=""><big id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442252140619_2212" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442252140619_2211" style="font-weight: 700;" class="">Lights coming on at Queen’s Park</span></big></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442252140619_2210" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class="">The lights appear to be coming on for the governments of Ontario and Quebec when it comes to seeing the mutual benefit of increased electricity trade.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442252140619_2209" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class="">Following the joint cabinet meeting held by the two governments last week, Ontario <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://cleanair.hosted.phplist.com/lists/lt.php?id=f0wNUQpEBwUCGlcBU1I" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212);" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442252140619_2911" class="">announced </a>that “On energy, the provinces took another significant step in their partnership by signing an MOU [Memorandum of Understanding] that will explore the potential for increased trade in electricity to provide savings to Ontario ratepayers and help meet Ontario's energy needs through Québec's clean and renewable electricity supply.”</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442252140619_2208" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class=""><font color="#cc0000" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442252140619_2207" class="">According to <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://cleanair.hosted.phplist.com/lists/lt.php?id=f0wNUQpEBwUCGlcBU1I" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442252140619_2216" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212);" class="">Premier Wynne </a>, “We are committed to concluding a long-term agreement to purchase clean and affordable energy from Quebec.”</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442252140619_2206" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class="">A long-term water power agreement with Quebec has the potential to <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://cleanair.hosted.phplist.com/lists/lt.php?id=f0wNUQ1EBwUCGlcBU1I" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442252140619_2253" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212);" class="">reduce our electricity bills by $14 billion to $52 billion</a> over twenty years by permitting Ontario to cancel the high-cost Darlington Nuclear Re-Build Project.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442252140619_2141" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class="">According to <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://cleanair.hosted.phplist.com/lists/lt.php?id=f0wNUQxEBwUCGlcBU1I" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212);" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442252140619_2919" class="">Ed Clark </a>, former CEO of TD Bank, the Darlington Re-Build “is a project which carries enormous risks. 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