Ontario's Green Energy Act

This new act, which came into force on May 14, porposes to ease the growhth ot clean, renewaable energy, including wind, solar, hydro, biomass and biogas. It will help to get energy projects up and running more quickly by removing barriers and providing added reliability.

Kevin Flynn, MPP for Oakville and Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of the Environment, was at Oakville Town Hall last week to talk about the act. Key components are:
· Streamlining the approvals process for renewable energy projects
· Mandatory (unless waived by buyer) home energy audits prior to sale of homes
· Developing a Feed-in tariff system to provide guaranteed prices for renewable energy projects
· Opportunities for communities to build, own, and operate their own renewable energy projects
· New programs to ensure some costs of community renewable energy projects can be recovered

To learn more about the act, go to http://www.ontariogreenenergyact.ca/ The fulltext of the act can be found at http://www.ontla.on.ca/bills/bills-files/39_Parliament/Session1/b150.pdf