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No transmission
line needed
Ontario Hydro does not need to
build a new transmission line
through southwestern Ontario.
That was the bottom line after five
hours of evidence from Amory B.
Lovins. Lovins, the director of
research at the Rocky Mountain
Institute in Colorado, was the first
witness to be called by the farm -
based group Foodland Hydro
Committee who are opposed to the
transmission line.
Lovins told the three member
Consolidated Hearings Board that
the giant provincial utility is head-
ed in the wrong direction with its
plan to increase electrical genera-
tion and unlease that power to the
provincial grid through a new
transmission line to meet future
demands. The internationally
reknown expert on electrical
generation and distribution said
that if Ontario Hydro's rational
was an undergraduate's paper, he
would give a failing mark because
Hydro has failed to address alter-
natives adequately.
The Rocky Mountain Institute
has spent the last fifteen years ad-
vising power companies in the
United States and overseas on how
they can better serve customers
while still making money. Lovins
said the answer in every case has
been energy efficiency.
"Technology is advancing so
quickly, one has to have a loose-
leaf mind" he told the tribunal
overseeing the hearings.
The Institute has been con-
tracted as a consultant to various
power utilities in the U.S. and
Lovins said that in each case, they
have encouraged their end-users to
practice energy efficiency methods
and, in many cases, the utilities
have started offering customers
rebates on purchases of more effi-
cient appliances. With American
power companies supporting a
move to conservation of electrici-
ty, Lovins said that the need for
Hydro to export its electricity is
dwindling.
One point Lovins was clear to
make, is that reduced sales of elec-
tricity will not affect the revenues
earned by Hydro. In fact, he said
that Hydro could begin to show a
profit if it implemented an energy-
saving program now and coupled