Ministry of energy,   Long…

Ministry of energy,

 

Long Term Energy Plan input;

 

The Green Energy Act gave planning power to wind companies. The result is a huge opposition to wind energy. Many municipalities are Unwilling Host. Forcing wind turbines in these communities works counterproductive to acceptance! We don’t want wind turbines. The Green Energy Act is becoming a disaster for the environment in rural Ontario.

 

Intermittent wind turbines and solar do not add to generating capacity, they only save fuel but need natural gas backup.

 

Electricity generating in Ontario is already clean. Pollution is caused by traffic, industry, agriculture, open dump sites and natural gas backup for wind turbines.

 

The use of wood and waste oil stoves in rural Ontario is increasing to save on high electricity costs, not an environmentally sound solution, but it keeps people warm.

 

The high price of electricity is incentive enough to save energy. Spend the $ 400 million “save energy budget” on enabling home solar, and energy efficient appliances. Make LDC’s accept home solar with or without net metering; promote grid zero solar. See foot note.

 

Ontario has a surplus of generating capacity. Wind turbines produce most at night and in winter time when the energy is least needed. On hot summer days with low wind, electricity is needed for air conditioners. Wind turbines do not produce on hot summer days. Storing energy that is generated in the winter, for summer use, is not realistic.

 

Solar is more in sync with demand, it’s producing most on hot sunny summer days, when power is needed for air conditioners. Solar can be less intrusive small scale.

 

The Ontario government has made mistake after mistake, and now Glenn Tibeault wants us to believe that power sold at a loss is actually a profit. Then why is my electricity bill so high? Why don’t you show the global adjustment on the bill? I bet it will show” WYNNE LOWERED YOUR BILL 8% THIS MONTH” (and then she adds the carbon tax, hidden in the delivery fee!)

 

Great idea from Glenn to introduce personalized power plans. I will happily give up the 200 AMP connections for 100 AMP, if it reduces delivery costs by half.

 

Listen to; Bonnie Lysyk, Dianne Saxe, Parker Gallant, Scot Luft, the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers, they are knowledgeable and have no financial ties to wind companies. (except Dianne Saxe)

 

Electricity prices have doubled since 2008. Electricity is unaffordable for many Ontarians.

 

Fix the broken electricity system;

 

Stop the sale of Hydro One!

 

Energy storage will increase electricity prices. Stop the energy storage experiment, do a cost benefit analysis first.

 

Renegotiate the wind and solar contracts (Spain could do it, so can Ontario). Tax the wind on wind companies.

 

Stop paying for curtailed wind. Give planning power back to municipalities!

 

But most effective; Cancel LRP 1 and LRP 2.

 

Bert Zegers

 

* “Solar grid zero” is a technology were home owners can use solar with a smaller battery pack. It is financially attractive compared to “off grid” systems with a large battery pack. If more energy is needed than the home solar system can produce, than power is used from the grid.

 

Solar power is not allowed to feed into the grid. This makes solar power possible were LDC’s have the grid not ready yet for net metering. When the LDC grid allows net metering, the home solar system can easily be converted to net metering.

 

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