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Fast, S., & McLeman, R. (2012). Attitudes towards new renewable energy technologies in
the Eastern Ontario Highlands. Journal of Rural and Community Development, 7(3), 107122.
As governments seek to expand capacity to generate electricity and to heat buildings from
green sources (i.e. non-fossil-fuel, non-nuclear), interest and investment in renewable energy
technologies (RETs) have grown. RETs, including photovoltaic installations, wind turbines,
hydroelectric generators and biomass combustion facilities, are new forms of land use largely
situated in rural areas. RETs are often promoted as a means of environmentally and economically
sustainable development
Brown, A. (2013). How Ontario Went Coal-Free. National Journal.

Since 2003, Ontario has seen the completion of five nuclear projects, 12 natural gas projects,
five hydropower projects, and 17 wind projects. Coal plants are being converted to run on natural
gas and biomass
Mother Nature is proclaiming the urgency of this crisis in ever more easily understandable
tones." But Ontario's transition offers hope, . "If we were magically able to do in the world
what Ontario is announcing today, then half the CO2 would fall out in a single generation."
Ontario's investments in clean local energy has locked in reasonable energy rates for Ontarians,
as renewable energy sources are not subject to volatile fuel costs -- the sun and wind are always
free
Maurino, R. (2008). Ontario eyes bigger focus on renewable energy to meet power needs,
Canadian Press.
Ontario's newly minted energy minister wants to review the role of renewable energy and other
non-carbon sources to help secure a reliable supply of power for the province when coal-fired
plants come off-line in 2014
Ross, M. & Tom, A. (2014). How Green Energy is Fleecing Ontario Electricity Consumers.
The Financial Post.
Adding renewable generating capacity triggers changes throughout the system that multiply
costs for consumers
over the last decade, Ontario closed its coal-fired power plants and built a rapidly expanding
portfolio of contracts with other generators including renewable energy companies producing
power from hydro, wind, solar and biomass. These companies charge the Ontario Power
Authority (OPA) higher-than-market-value prices for energy. To make up the difference, OPA
slaps an extra charge called the Global Adjustment on the electricity bills of Ontarians.
Pollin, D.R. (2009) . Building the Green Economy. Commissioned by WWF-Canada, Blue Green
Alliance and the Green Energy Act Alliance.

And they will create new industries and new economic opportunities for Ontarians to design,
build and install the green energy technologies that this province, and the planet, need if we are
to avoid dangerous levels of global warming.
Rowlands, H.I. (2007). The Development of Renewable Electricity Policy in the Province of
Ontario: The Influence of Ideas and Timing. Review of Policy Research, Vol. 24, No. 3, 201.
by the mid-1990s, the problem with Ontarios electricity system was primarily being defined in
terms of costBlessed with abundant hydropower resources, that cost was, throughout most
of the 20th century, quite low. Indeed the low cost of electricity not only benefited residential
customers in the province, but it also served to provide many businesses with a significant
competitive advantage.
Ontario Clean Air Alliance. QUEBEC Electricity Would Save Ontario Consumers $14 Billion.

Ontario can save more than $14 billion by importing electricity from Quebec rather than rebuilding the Darlington Nuclear Station
Weis, T., Stensil, S. & Stewart, K. (2010). Renewable is Doable: its time for Ontario to
upgrade its green energy plans.
Over the next 10 years, 27,000 new green jobs could be created to implement a portfolio
equivalent to the power generated
Ontarios ground breaking Green Energy Acthas positioned the province as North Americas
leader in renewable power development.
Ontario Ministry of Energy. Incentive Programs for Business.

The Ontario Power Authority (OPA) provides incentives through its Electrical Retrofit Incentive
Program (ERIP) to hydro customers to conserve energy and shift their loads from periods of
peak demand to lower cost times of the day.