Minister Ministry of…

Minister Ministry of EnergyDecember 15, 2016

 

Environmental Bill of Rights Registration # 012-8840

 

Via: ltep@ontario.ca

 

Re: I want Ontario to go 100% renewable

 

To whom it may concern,

 

•I would like to see the next Long-Term Energy Plan for Ontario to go towards 100% renewable.  I think this would be a good idea for our future energy.

 

•As there are several communities, countries and companies opting to go to 100% renewable energy, we need policies to enable the people and First Nations of Ontario to achieve that goal.

 

Put Conservation First

 

•I think Ontario’s next energy plan should make conservation and efficiency the first priority for all energy decisions.

 

•We need to fight climate change and reduce our environmental footprint.

 

•I think the government should pursue all cost-effective conservation.

 

Empower Communities and Citizens to go 100% Renewable

 

•This plan should empower everyone from citizens, co-ops, municipalities and First Nations to become energy producers.

 

•It should empower communities that want to go 100% renewable.

 

Come Clean on Nuclear Costs

 

•You need to change your commitment to nuclear power as the cost for this is continually rising and move towards renewable energy as the cost of this is declining.

 

•Our past governments past energy plans have made no conditions for nuclear projects to go through public review compared to alternatives.  THIS NEEDS TO CHANGE!!

 

•The next energy plan for Ontario needs to make sure that there are complete and reasonable comparisons of the total costs of nuclear with alternatives.  The public should have a say about which plan they prefer.

 

Close Pickering

 

•Ontario’s 2013 energy plan committed to close Pickering nuclear station between 2017 and 2020. •Earlier this year the government backed out on this promise and will keep operating Pickering until 2024.

 

•Nearly all of Pickering’s output is surplus and exported to Michigan at a loss which is driving up energy costs.

 

•Pickering’s continued operation also puts the public at risk. Ontario has not updated its nuclear emergency plans since the Fukushima disaster.

 

•I want the government to keep its promise to close Pickering before 2020.

 

•Shutting Pickering down should be a first step in Ontario’s long-term transition to renewable energy.

 

Sincerely,

 

Livia Pope

 

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