‘They are crippling our economic development capacity’ - Sault Ste. Marie Mayor Matthew Shoemaker
SAULT STE. MARIE - Sault Ste. Marie Mayor Matthew Shoemaker is sounding a battle cry after learning all of Ontario's new power generation will be going to southern Ontario for the next six years.
"So for the next six years, we have no capacity to attract businesses if we don't have the upgrade of the new transmission lines prioritized, or generation capacity developed locally to counter that. Shoemaker and other city representatives will be buttonholing cabinet ministers at the annual conference of the Association of Municipalities Ontario, later this month in London, Ontario.Minister of Energy – Independent Electricity System OperatorWhereas Sault Ste. Marie City Council declared our community as the “Alternative Energy Capital of North America” in 2008;
Whereas the city saw numerous proponents advance projects for the previous, expedited IESO procurement process for renewable energy generation and storage projects with none being approved in northern Ontario;
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