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Please give me your thoughts.<BR>
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John Jackson<BR>
17 Major Street<BR>
Kitchener, Ontario N2H 4R1<BR>
519-744-7503<BR>
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<B>From: </B>Norah and Richard Chaloner <<a href="nrchaloner@hotmail.com">nrchaloner@hotmail.com</a>><BR>
<B>Date: </B>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:54:47 -0500<BR>
<B>To: </B>John Jackson <<a href="jjackson@web.ca">jjackson@web.ca</a>><BR>
<B>Subject: </B>local energy .. GREN interest?<BR>
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Hi John. Guelph is being pushed to take increased voltage and height for emissions line through the city and Jack Gibbons presented info on the probable future plan for a peaker plant in this triangle of KW, Camb and Guelph. Of course it will also facilitate the mega plan for the region and more nuclear power from the Bruce.. I think CoC and a few other groups in our area could have a community meeting on this to raise opposition. <BR>
We in Guelph have never given real push to the conservation and efficiency side of things.. that would negate this plan.. like the peaksaver plan, for eg. <BR>
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Are there folks in KW who would be interested. Angela will do a flyer for initial group interest and then Jack will come and speak. We could show a doc on power... not sure which one but it must exist.. Would GREN be interested in co hosting it. ? at the United Church on King st...? in May? <BR>
I am coordinating this end and will contact Cambridge folks also.<BR>
Who in GREN should I contact? Kevin? <BR>
Thanks for any targets.. I know you are busy busy also. but with Angela and Jack waiting in the wings I think this is do-able. <BR>
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Best regards... hope all is well with you... Norah <BR>
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-------- Original Message -------- <BR>
Subject: RE: Tom Rand event and local transmission lines.. . <BR>
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:27:22 -0500 <BR>
From: Angela Bischoff-OCAA <<a href="angela@cleanairalliance.org">angela@cleanairalliance.org</a>> <<a href="mailto:angela@cleanairalliance.org">mailto:angela@cleanairalliance.org</a>> <BR>
Organization: Ontario Clean Air Alliance <BR>
To: 'Norah Chaloner' <<a href="nrchaloner@hotmail.com">nrchaloner@hotmail.com</a>> <<a href="mailto:nrchaloner@hotmail.com">mailto:nrchaloner@hotmail.com</a>> <BR>
CC: <<a href="jack@cleanairalliance.org">jack@cleanairalliance.org</a>> <<a href="mailto:jack@cleanairalliance.org">mailto:jack@cleanairalliance.org</a>> <BR>
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Hi Norah.<BR>
I'm guessing the new card/leaflet will be ready for distro in about 2 weeks.<BR>
I think April or even May would be good times, and give plenty of time to<BR>
organize.<BR>
Jack would be happy to speak, and I'd be happy to come as well to set up a<BR>
table with the other groups. <BR>
I could get my comms guy to help with drafting a news release, poster etc.<BR>
if you wanted that support.<BR>
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I think it would be a good idea to draft a one page outline of what the<BR>
issue is (ie. new gas peaker plant and transmission line) and what the<BR>
alternatives would be (local green generation, CHP, conservation, local<BR>
Community Energy Plan). This one pager (which would include a link to our<BR>
report <a href="http://www.cleanairalliance.org/files/guelph.pdf">http://www.cleanairalliance.org/files/guelph.pdf</a> ) would be<BR>
circulated just amongst local activists in each locale, to build interest<BR>
for an initial planning meeting in each of those communities, and then<BR>
hopefully there would be enough interest from those local organizing<BR>
meetings to plan a larger public meeting. I'd be up for attending the local<BR>
organizing meetings, and Jack would be up for speaking at the larger public<BR>
meetings. <BR>
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Just brainstorming how to move forward.<BR>
Your thoughts.<BR>
-angela <BR>
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-----Original Message-----<BR>
From: Norah Chaloner [<a href="mailto:nrchaloner@hotmail.com">mailto:nrchaloner@hotmail.com</a>] <BR>
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 6:15 PM<BR>
To: Angela Bischoff-OCAA<BR>
Cc: 'Jack Gibbons'<BR>
Subject: Re: Tom Rand event and local transmission lines.. .<BR>
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Thanks Angela.<BR>
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When does the new card come out?<BR>
Would April be a good time? or May? be good timing for a meeting in K/W and<BR>
another in Galt.<BR>
I think our local Guelph Civic League would be good for a local bigger<BR>
meeting than the one we had with you Jack. and I have contacts in K/W and<BR>
Cambridge that might take this on.<BR>
My contacts would include Council of Canadians activists and local enviro<BR>
clubs.. green members.. ..<BR>
Is May too late? Norah<BR>
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On 2/13/2013 11:55 AM, Angela Bischoff-OCAA wrote:<BR>
> Norah and Jack,<BR>
><BR>
> I'd like to get in on this, to flesh it out a bit.<BR>
><BR>
> There are several advocacy opportunities. No one wants a new peaker <BR>
> plant in their back yard. But it's in the province's long-term energy <BR>
> plan to build one to service the Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge-Guelph area.<BR>
><BR>
> Guelph has a Community Energy Plan that wouldn't alone avoid the need <BR>
> for the new peaker plant, but could serve as an example for Kitchener, <BR>
> Waterloo and Cambridge. If they came up with their own CEP, then there <BR>
> would be no need for a high cost, inefficient, polluting gas peaker <BR>
> plant. So there's an opportunity to lobby those other City Councils to<BR>
produce a CEP.<BR>
><BR>
> Also since it's a prov. issue (the long term energy plan), there's an <BR>
> opportunity to lobby the local mpps to invest in conservation rather <BR>
> than support a new gas peaker plant.<BR>
><BR>
> We're producing a new leaflet all about conservation to avoid the need <BR>
> for nat. gas peaker plants and high cost nuclear projects. This would <BR>
> be a good tool for you. It will have a postcard to Premier Wynne.<BR>
><BR>
> There really should be community meetings in each of those 4 <BR>
> communities to build opposition to the proposed new gas peaker plant and<BR>
support for CEPs.<BR>
> Jack could speak at these. I could help promo them but would need <BR>
> on-the-ground organizers to take lead.<BR>
><BR>
> Other thoughts?<BR>
> =angela<BR>
><BR>
><BR>
> <BR>
><BR>
> -----Original Message-----<BR>
> From: Jack Gibbons [<a href="mailto:jack@cleanairalliance.org">mailto:jack@cleanairalliance.org</a>]<BR>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 11:21 AM<BR>
> To: 'Norah Chaloner'<BR>
> Cc: 'Angela Bischoff-OCAA'<BR>
> Subject: RE: Tom Rand event and local transmission lines.. .<BR>
><BR>
> Hi Norah,<BR>
><BR>
> The Mississauga and Oakville gas plants are going to Napanee and Sarnia.<BR>
><BR>
> According to the Government's Long Term Energy Plan, a new $500 <BR>
> million peaker plant will be needed for the <BR>
> Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge-Guelph<BR>
> area.<BR>
><BR>
> In my opinion, the best way to fight it is to point out that there are <BR>
> lower cost and cleaner alternatives, namely, energy conservation, <BR>
> solar photovoltaic and combined heat and power.<BR>
><BR>
> All the best,<BR>
><BR>
> Jack<BR>
><BR>
> Jack Gibbons<BR>
> Chair, Ontario Clean Air Alliance<BR>
> 160 John St., #300<BR>
> Toronto M5V 2E5<BR>
><BR>
> Tel: 416-260-2080 x 2<BR>
> Fax: 416-598-9520<BR>
> Email: <a href="jack@cleanairalliance.org">jack@cleanairalliance.org</a><BR>
> Web sites:<BR>
> Ontario Clean Air Alliance<BR>
> Coal Must Go<BR>
> Ontarios Green Future<BR>
> HealthPower<BR>
> Sign Our Petition<BR>
> <BR>
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> <BR>
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> -----Original Message-----<BR>
> From: Norah Chaloner [<a href="mailto:nrchaloner@hotmail.com">mailto:nrchaloner@hotmail.com</a>]<BR>
> Sent: February-13-13 11:08 AM<BR>
> To: Jack Gibbons<BR>
> Cc: 'Angela Bischoff-OCAA'<BR>
> Subject: Re: Tom Rand event and local transmission lines.. .<BR>
><BR>
> Thanks Jack. so how do we engage opposition to the 'peaker plant' and <BR>
> the bigger transmission lines?<BR>
> Is this likely plant the one that Mississauga turned down and is this <BR>
> a time to push the new premier on moving in a new directon? let us <BR>
> know what we can do in guelph to get the info out to a wider circle <BR>
> since we do have people engaged in our energy future.<BR>
> Norah<BR>
><BR>
> On 2/12/2013 3:31 PM, Jack Gibbons wrote:<BR>
>> Hi Norah,<BR>
>><BR>
>> I don't think 8 local distribution utilities instead of 75 will <BR>
>> undermine conservation and distributed generation. In fact, the <BR>
>> larger utilities might be able to deliver conservation at a lower <BR>
>> cost due to economies of scale.<BR>
>><BR>
>> I think there are much more important battles to fight.<BR>
>><BR>
>> All the best,<BR>
>><BR>
>> Jack<BR>
>><BR>
>> -----Original Message-----<BR>
>> From: Norah Chaloner [<a href="mailto:nrchaloner@hotmail.com">mailto:nrchaloner@hotmail.com</a>]<BR>
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 1:56 PM<BR>
>> To: Angela Bischoff - OCAA<BR>
>> Subject: Tom Rand event and local transmission lines.. .<BR>
>><BR>
>> www.tomrand.net <<a href="http://www.tomrand.net">http://www.tomrand.net</a>> lists David Keith link that includes nuclear as part<BR>
>> of the clean energies in our future...<BR>
>><BR>
>><BR>
>> Also, Angela, i need some feedback.... our mayor is pushing for <BR>
>> Guelph Hydro to be part of the 8-10 centres of distribution for <BR>
>> Ontario instead of maintaining our status as one of 80 distribution<BR>
centres at<BR>
>> present. Probably big provincial push for this...<BR>
>> It seems to me that this will make it easier to push for the larger <BR>
>> transmission lines and the peaker plant in our area. Am I right about <BR>
>> this interpretation of her plan.?<BR>
>> If so , we need a public meeting on our Guelph Hydro future and <BR>
>> Council of Canadians chapter will take this on.. I don't want to set <BR>
>> this public meeting up if i am on the wrong track though.<BR>
>><BR>
>> We opposed her plan in 2008 to sell off our local well functioning <BR>
>> hydro to be part of Horizon's unity with Hamilton, St Catharines <BR>
>> area.. and we brought a lot of grief to the councilors who supported <BR>
>> our packed council chambers when we opposed her on this. We were <BR>
>> opposed to the secrecy and the lack of future transparency which is <BR>
>> still the case if this present amalgamation to the 8-10 centres of<BR>
> control .<BR>
>> She touts co gen as being more possible with the bigger plan and <BR>
>> brought Peter Garforth to Guelph for some meaningful meetings to <BR>
>> inform us of these things..that were successful in Germany.... .. but <BR>
>> with her current push i see increased dependence on a big grid that <BR>
>> will only facilitate more production from the Bruce nuc stations to <BR>
>> our K/W Cambridge Guelph area to facilitate the big model of <BR>
>> corporate external control . Lots of money that will not be going <BR>
>> to the solar, wind, retrofit, conservation and efficiency that we need.<BR>
>><BR>
>> Thoughts?? Norah<BR>
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