The Guelph Civic League strongly supports the Community Energy Initiative (CEI). It is a forward-looking policy that sets a standard for community energy planning across Ontario and beyond by meeting energy needs locally at a lower cost, creating new green jobs, and creating economic benefits for the community. It appears that the Ontario Power Authority […]
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Letter regarding Guelph Community Energy Initiative and transmission lines
I support Guelph’s Community Energy Initiative (CEI). I believe this is a visionary initiative that establishes an important model for community energy planning across the province. I’m committed to working with you to champion the CEI and to push provincial ministries and agencies to support it. I am opposed to provincial plans that would undermine […]
Guelph Area Transmission Refurbishment Project
I would like to offer my support to city staff for their December 3rd report to council on the Guelph Area Transmission Refurbishment Project and the Community Energy Initiative. The plans that Hydro One and the Ontario Power Authority have, to build another large transmission line to our city, and possibly a regional gas powered […]
Guelph Area Transmission Refurbishment
Guelph’s Community Energy Initiative is well known. We are on the vanguard of some courageous cities who are making the changes necessary to accommodate increased population and energy use and climate change. As a city we have committed through our plan to “use less energy in 25 years than we do today ” and to […]
Plug in community power!
I have received in excess of 50 emails with the following script. Dear Mayor Farbridge and Guelph City Councillors, Please work with the Province of Ontario to fully implement Guelph’s Community Energy Initiative. This plan can meet Guelph’s electricity needs more cleanly and more cost efficiently than the Ontario Power Authority’s plan for a new transmission line and a […]
City of Guelph receives $47,000 in rebates for energy audits in City facilities
Today, in front of the living wall at the City Hall Galleria, Mayor Karen Farbridge accepted rebate cheques totalling $47,612 from Guelph Hydro and Union Gas for an extensive energy audit program conducted earlier this year. In total, 13 City facilities including City Hall, the River Run Centre, the Sleeman Centre, the main library branch, […]
Safe Holiday Decorating Tips from Guelph Hydro
Guelph Hydro reminds customers to keep electricity safety in mind when decorating for the holidays. “Last year there was a fatality in Guelph of someone who was installing holiday lights,” says Kazi Marouf, Chief Operating Officer of Guelph Hydro Electric Systems Inc. “This was a tragic reminder of how important it is for homeowners and […]
Guelph deserves respect
The City of Guelph has often been a pioneer on environmental initiatives, such as the green bin for organic waste. So it’s not surprising that Guelph has developed a farsighted Community Energy Plan that emphasizes local, sustainable energy production from sources like solar, geothermal and combined heat and power and that sets ambitious targets for […]
Guelph Hydro to send crews to assist in restoration efforts
Guelph Hydro will be sending repair crews, bucket trucks and other equipment to assist Long Island Energy in New York with emergency power restoration efforts. The Guelph Hydro contingent of six power line workers, a line supervisor and the Guelph Hydro Director of Operations will be heading out on Saturday and expect to be responding […]
Important information on property values and wind energy
Wind energy is on pace to grow by 20 per cent in Canada by the end of 2012, with the addition of more than 1,200 MW of new, clean and affordable electricity. As Canada’s leader in wind energy, Ontario currently has 2,000 MW of installed wind capacity: or enough to power about 600,000 average homes […]