The Huron Expositor, 1997-09-24, Page 3-v 10
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SAAFORTH DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL
OECE1ENT
Fdday, September 26
73Opn.
Graduating Students and AVOr,6rrl Winners
are ,asked to .be at :the 004 799 P.m.
VICE PRINCIPAL
L. HAZZAgd
1. R. PAf1R J
gets
SEA piek critical of Ontario Hydro
Ontario >a thasit
rng Al tht 11Skettic
Association )tDittrict
Si' 'Annual Meeting 'held
Scpsetnbertt' 1.tattthet-Seafedh
Legion .'•R re sent attyes .Of
Hydra wort ressont.
Chair of Mtrmitaipal t Elearie
Association (MBlAr'luistrici
O. Du)I Symons of, C' Iiatort.
welcomed participants .and
txlmmeetietg an tate effects Of
government policy un th.
electric industry.
"Municipal amalgam uicn).
putting into place the
Crombie- report 'and. the find-
ing of the Macdonald report
ton competition in the elec-
tric industry) are having an
Impact on us .all.- said
Symons in his opening
remarks.
t'cter. •Switztr. president of
District 6. oI the Stratford
PUC. talked about amalga-
mations of utilities in the new
year. arnon' tbom the :mining
of Dublin .and `Mitchell to
h020rrtt West Perth PUC.
"Its a new.utk but business
as usual." said Switzer. He
rntntwued the possibility of
24 utilities dropping to six in
tai•: 1uturt. and that more
intormatiun would be given
at future tneelings.
"We must keep the doors
ooen to municipal politicians.
'Cite, may have art important
:ay in the future of utihtters."
Switzer stressed.
MLA distnct.director Elvin
Martin of Waterloo North
Hydro said there's beena a lot
of talk in the media tlx: past
t1tltSn ANT
UENTIIEDWARDS
week on •what the govern-
ment is going totake.with 10th:
\Macdonald :report. A
Kitcheuer•Watetlutt tI?'tcoai
story suggested the .govern-
ment may .now (finally fie
bone with arnalgtarualiort and
that Tory minister AkLcaeh
will likely lee replaced. But at
this point iCsaall speculation,
he said.
Martin said it'.s important
for 'MBA to'kt the public
know more about the urgant-
cation. '~We're .hosting a
booth at thc'.IPIvl.;it's a good
pi;tre fur us to .say who we
.are. what we do"
Hytfru'llisoinna genlratt
MLA president Kent
Edwards _said the reverbera-
tions fromlOnt,ario Hydra's
(UH) long term mismdnag:-
nient. that was made public
in August. are still being felt
around the province and
bey.
"Canadians were proud of
our CAANDU teehnolalgy. -It
was surprising -and 'disap-
pointing to land level
at which .wc ever: gperating
VMS tnr helo+w I intertnatiun&U
a tttattidatels,"-saki thdwards.
frhe %IDI :president _.cont-
ntentsd r on + the "Ibreakneek
tptac '•of!provinaial gnvent-
i ntatsnt , retomss. ''W,ke utou idrt' t
tfocteme+it. ?FhitW4teneutilities
\were attainted tin the
tproviftee ''
IHO ever, thegrkellislIsallis
moving Slower am itibuttre
rialf tstcy restineturinlgwHtuth
\was •.tintttb +with tin tthe
"The = 1provil.a itttl) %gnvemt-
"nteni :heath matte .any
notable statefnents • on
tihis.' .�Tospy•thv gtwem-
=ment *es beuit vary ,slow
would be. an u)vderstaletnegt."
The 'Macdonald , orpoa was
relealieti inflame ,1996 and at
• the time.!rite provintu;!indi-
catt:d •tt week! $IVC its
response in six nttontbs tI rte.
"It's •h.sen more like 16
months" said Eiiwards. "I've
heard.! ' the goy urnment's
'white paper'• tun the electric
industry ►.will be. nut October
1..Hut I'm nut holdingmy
breath. The nuwkar situation
might have slowed that
duwn.'•-
The MLA president turned
his comments .to Ontario
Hydro.
"Hydro Is.exeCCIStrtg pro-
tet.ttunist pultcttss: The.
release of the nuclear divi-
siun report is -causing further
consternation. There will -be .t
select- committee to probe the
enormity of that announce-
ment.- said -Edwards.
He added that the nuclear
issue has brought hydro more
into public perspective.
"We're nut sur: -what's going
to tome out•ut this.'
. +Hytlrutit=udking about shut-
ting down newsn inudlear
re*utur6, exeredirlg tt0 tthe
*EA presitiogt..'" he iprttb-
lutr • is one •of trnsourcxs, not
enough trained Agri Ontario
itliydrtits asadibilipy tis
mutt
awry thigh 'tight =now.
1lonoilly \titan llijtdro Mitts a
t albbsmtdaisytttiite'mstkediadl
.steps, tostilwe. Ilhay\tee.ilultgg
stuff tout •uf.riharawtor'.;"
tib inrves Edwards. 'He has
heard `figure .anywhere
betwaen115L6*Mon and $(2
billion tt) seine illiytirtu''s
nwdloanpr oms.
"That •the.cost•to nshithih-
tate ,taunt skit down reactors
or, recommission Them. 1
question iHydro's Abilities to
mutest these days. 'Hydro
says ! theoe' I I he no lien -eased
rates in•the shun•term.il,canit
see r how. Ill's .en issue of pity
now or lore -
The goverment •hits to he
eiJIILVIlleti of 0nurloRvdro's
debt coming bin*. on the tax-
payer. says Edwards.
He thinks it's "impossible"
for the government •to.have u
preliminary report out by
October 1 and a final rtfplm
by December 1 an the cietc:-
tric industry in the pnt.virtc:e
"considering the -matt ittude
of theprublents:*
"We -supply u market til •$7
CONTINUED untpage 5
Government to ~ye quickly on September 17
electric r orm, .says .,_ons Expositor
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!t>r' liAVWD SCO11'
expositor Editor
The government plans to
MOW' quickly on Its white
paper rupWrtrittothe .state of
the pc> r ,hist+v ip'.
Ontario.
Huron MPP 1-lelen Johns,
who lnuved,front a parlia-
mentary assistant in the
Ministry cit Health to the
Ministr of Environment and
Energy (MOIsE) in April
1997. addressed the •META
District 6 meeting.
"We're the only ministry
people think is moving too
slow." joked•Johns.
"One thing that won't
change is the need for safe.
reliable, reasonable rate
power. The government is
daunting on your :advice and
is dependent on you to see
customers know what's going
on." said Huron's MPP.
She talked about the
Ontario Hydro Nuclear
Performance Advocacy
Group who wrote the .report
released in August abopt
Hydro's situation. The group
was an independent teary of
nuclear experts. according to
.Johns. including Hydro's
chief nuclear officer..
The report asked important
'questions. says Huron's -MPP
and ..wasvery critical of
Hydro's management ability.
"Np one ,is .suggesting
Ontario Hydro nuclearptan1s
are unsafe.but the level ,at
which some reactors are
upereting is •far. •fpr, •far from
The 1.'044tipc t> nergy;board
Mr*) .wit L be. nitking ,a sub-
missipn•tpta select govern-
tnent ,.cRtittilittcc AO the
MQIW in the •nest twp,to
itiree.Mrti s.,tr4ystlpllrts.
The ;+ P. is; retppttsibletier
IiccnSiWtilpcinArpants Ianld
. ,HydrPipltults ..WONi0rp91 •be
,H NaAIRP-Melon.,Johns atidreased mempert;.of Mtn►
District $ix at itsannual .me cling Wednesday in:Seaforth.
operating, it:I a Alia thought
they were unsafe." She added
that the board recently reas:
sured government that the
ongcling.opgration of (Q>rl
reaetorsfposed no ri,ak to
provinces health. ,safety or
environment.
Alyydrp:,s,rwelear recovery
strategy involves Iaying,Elp
seven n.uekar.ynits intllrucc
A,and Pirring. ;l'or,sptte
Of Ps in ailAron ansa lRtltcc.
th=at's a int agiclgiblow AJot
Afipef)ple fi pegti.unttyfirt),"
M d;JPl)ns. •
lit's a very:fiifGgtlttl>lifle'.
said .thetthe
,price-teg :for the recovery
;plan is estimated between
55,6 and 8 • hi lige over four
years. "And that.estitt►ate is
olimbing." .says olefins. t6ut
says it "will,not.re.sult in any
increase to rakes." ,The .gox-
crnment has • toldt4iydro•Ihal
.their business plap.ntust ana-
lyae 1P detail 1 fifartctat and
environmental ,aspects.
A sciccl committee :with
tfflur:PC n)embers.,itwiulling
;Johns. and ,mefnbvrs,vf.other
Militias, will "scriiiinize
tAntatw sHy!firu And IPtgt
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