HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-06-25, Page 3Lucknaw Sentinel, Wednesday, June 25,1997 ,- Page 3
Indusiries gi go..riin.ei.1. ultimati.ur.
industry. We are poised to
move forward and would
like to put more capital in
our division. I hope we
can do that." •
He too stressed that
energy costs need to come
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by Bev ;Fry
The industries. at the
Bruce Energy Centre
(BEC) gave the govern-
ment an ultimatum this
week.
Take 'notice of what is
happeninghere, and start
helping out, or the oppor-
tunity will be . gone, said
Sam MacGregor,the
founder of the BEC and
chairman of Integrated
Energy :Development
Corporation.
Thursday, at Bruce
MPl' Barb. Fisher's urging,'
officials from the min-
istries. of Agriculture,.
Food and Rural,
Affai rs;Ec.ononmic
Development, Trade and
Tourism; Environment and
Energy and Transportation
toured the industries at the
'.BEC.They listened . to
managers and CEO's
describe their .businesses
and their frustrations in
dealing with Ontario
Hydro fora fair price for
electricity and steam., ''
The industries moved
to .the energy park with the
promise of cheaper e1ea-
tricirt.y rates and steam
rates. Some have been.
waiting for cheaper rates
for. 10 years.
M•acGreg.or said, the .;
,BEC is recognized around',
the :world. as, a _prevedent
•
setting, unique opportuni-
ty.
"They (other, countries)
'see us •as. a success. We see
failure." ,
He said when the feder-
• al government commis
,sions a study on,.eco
parks; "they come here." •
"Ther..e's a group of
entrepreneurs arthe Bruce,
trying to pound through.
Ontario Hydro's and the •
goverrtinent's heads that
this opportunity ill pass.
If the Bruce misses it.
Ontario will miss it."
Doug MacKenzie, pres-
ident and CEO of
Commercial' Alcohol told .
the ministry advisors his
price for electricity at .the
Bruce Energy Centre was
eight cents •a kilowatt..
hour, while. the cost for
electricity, at his ethanol
plant in Chatham; with.
co -generation -with` natural,
gas, is 3.8., cents/KWh.
He 'thinks the solution
is to dismantle' Ontario
Hydro and privatize it.
,This,would make the com-.
pany competitive, aggres-
sive and customer 'orient-
ed, he said:'
"I think we can get rea-
sonable electricity and
energy costs."
Policy advisors to -the
four ministries were
together' with the propo-
nents of the BEC, thanks
to the efforts of Fisher.
She said she has been
working for.eight months,
trying to get representa-
tives of the ministries
together in one room. She,
wanted them to see the
potential the BEC has for
the rest of the province
and the country.
"The point of today is
to have frank and. open
'comments from the propo-
nents,"'Fisher said.
"This is an opportunity
for them to meet the
senior advisors. They (the
advisors) can go back and
help the ministers under-
stand the potential here. I
wouldn't be making.this
effort if 1 didn't. thinkthe
opportunity is here."
She said the advisors
have heard from "signifi-
cant people'who believe in.
what can happen here."
Len Bryant, general
manager of Bruce Agra.
Foods, anapple juice con-
centrate 'manufacturer
oncentrate'manufacturer and
a subsidiary of Apotex
Pharmaceuticals, said the
Bruce plant is the only.
industrial sized apple juice
concentrate manufacturer
in the world. Its
include Coke,
and Sunpac
"We have
eustomers
McCanns
a sound
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