The Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-02-28, Page 1Till present
The North West Huron Federation ,of
Agriculture is taking a brief to the Porter
Commission hearing in Wingham in March
to show the opposition of area farmers to a
hydro corridor through Huron to London.
; he,fe nation fearsjf they do nowoshow:_
oppositionto this corridor Hydro will build
other corridors to export electricity to . the..
United States.
Hydro over-estimated the load growth for
the 1980's by as much as 40 per cent and are
now considering the export of this surplus as
a commodity to the U.S.
"Ws budenough to -put up with.. Hydro for
the benefit of our brothers in the city," said
'Tony. McQuail, - West Wawanosh, who is
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preparing the.br of "It will be on(ertunate • f
Hydro gets into :an export policy, becauseit
will allow ihcm to play. their expansion
games."
Ontario people have 'learned' to con3�te.
energy. and Hydro's projection tor Ontario's
hydro needs are off as a result. But, **Se -
there is a surplus of power" Ontario farmers
should not have to take the burden of
exporting this surplus to the. States accord,
ing• to Mc:Quail.
He was addressing a meeting of the t!iorth
West, Huron Federation, of -Agriculture who
meta( Brookside Schopt. On February 22 to
discuss the preparation of a 'brief.
the -Porter Commissionis on .a tour .of the
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exporting it. why not gee it to<
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