This letter was submitted in response to a proposed hydroelectric pumped storage facility in Meaford on the military base lands. CollingwoodToday welcomes letters to the editor. They can be emailed to [email protected].
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Dear Editor,
TC Energy is seeking a contract from the Government of Ontario to finance the construction of its proposed $3.3 billion Georgian Bay pumped storage project (“TC Energy claims pump project part of conservation solution” – October 27).
According to TC Energy, this project is the “most, proven economical” way to provide us with 1,000 megawatts of peak power to help phase-out Ontario’s gas-fired power plants.
This is simply not true. We have much lower-cost options to phase-out our gas plants. For example, Hydro One could upgrade its transmission system to allow us to import an additional 2,000 megawatts of peak Quebec water power at a cost of only approximately $80 million. That is, Quebec could provide us with twice as much peak power as the TC Energy project at a capital cost that is 97.5 per cent lower.
Yours truly,
Jack Gibbons
Chair, Ontario Clean Air Alliance
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