Ontario Provincial Election 2011 Questionnaire

Ontario Provincial Election 2011 Questionnaire

We asked the main parties running in the 2011 provincial election 4 questions:

Question #1: Ontario has been a net exporter of electricity since 2006. Do you believe that Ontario should continue to export coal-fired electricity to the U.S.A.?

Question #2: Ontario’s municipal electric utilities (e.g., PowerStream, Toronto Hydro), Hydro One, Enbridge Gas and Union Gas have implemented energy conservation and efficiency programs that are reducing their customers’ energy bills by hundreds of millions of dollars. Do you believe that Ontario’s electric and gas utilities should be mandated to help their customers achieve all their energy saving opportunities that can meet their needs at a lower cost than new energy supply?

Question #3: In 2010 Vermont electric utilities signed an agreement to import clean, reliable water power from Hydro Quebec for 26 years at a starting price of less than 6 cents per kWh. Do you believe that Ontario should seek to negotiate a long-term contract with Hydro Quebec for low-cost water power imports before pursuing new nuclear projects?

Question #4: Every nuclear project in Ontario’s history has gone massively over budget and the cost overruns have been passed on to Ontario’s electricity consumers and taxpayers. Do you believe that nuclear power companies should be allowed to pass their future cost overruns on to Ontario’s electricity consumers and taxpayers?

Here are their responses:

• Conservatives - no response
• Liberal Party
• New Democratic Party
• Green Party