[cdn-nucl-l] Debate on Ontario's Electricity Future

[Tom Adams <TomAdams@nextcity.com>]

The future of Hydro:
Privatization, Market Pricing, and Restructuring in Ontario
Tuesday, Feb. 26, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
ADMISSION IS FREE

 Download flyer: http://www.stlc.com/forums/StLC%20Electricity.pdf

 St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts
 27 Front Street East, Toronto
 (Two blocks south of the King Street subway station, one block east of
 Yonge Street.)
 Seating is limited to 500, first come first seated.

 On May 1, the Ontario Government plans to open our electricity market
 to competition. They have begun leasing and selling 65 per cent of the
 power generating capacity of Ontario Power Generation, and plan to sell

 Hydro One. Both were formerly part of Ontario Hydro. New regulations
 have been introduced and more are coming. What does all this mean for
 your taxes and hydro bills, the environment, and the reliability of
 electricity in the province? The cost of electricity impacts everything

 from the production of goods and services, to home and commercial
 utilities, and jobs.

 Will the new regulations provide more options for green energy? What
 lessons can we learn from other jurisdictions, such as California,
Alberta,
 Pennsylvania and the U.K.? What are our choices, and what can we
 expect?

 The Panel:

 Tom Adams: Executive Director, Energy Probe; formerly both an
 independent director of the Ontario Independent Electricity Market
 Operator and member of the Ontario Market Design Committee.

 Howard Hampton: Ontario NDP Leader and Energy Critic; MPP for
 Kenora Rainy River.

 Richard Perdue: member of the Minister of Energy's Electricity
 Transition Committee, Director of Enterprise Canada's energy division;
 former member of the Ontario Energy Board.

 John Wilson: former Engineer, Hydro One; former president of the
 Society of Energy Professionals.

 Sponsored by the St. Lawrence Centre Forum in partnership with the
 Ontario Electricity Coalition and Energy Probe.