OSPE - The Voice - June 2017 - 13

news

Ontario's 2017 fair hydro Plan

annual General MeetinG

The GOOd
* Rates are coming down by 25% in 2017
* Subsidies will be paid from taxes not rates
The bad
* Rate reduction is being financed in a deferral account
at Ontario Power Generation along with the compound
interest charges
The uGly
* If future costs do not come down, the deferral account
charges will show up at a later date as large increases in rates
* A second stranded debt charge, but potentially much larger

future of OsPe's eTf
1. Advocate for an interruptible retail electricity market so
Ontario consumers can access cheap surplus clean electricity
from Ontario, and also from adjoining jurisdictions.
2. Advocate for cost-effective deployment of cap-and-trade
revenues (Greenhouse Gas Reduction Account) - based on
the cost per tonne of CO2 to reduce emissions.
3. Advocate for a review of the 2017 Fair Hydro Plan and its
deferral account after the next provincial election.

The Hon. Reza Moridi, Minister of Research, Innovation and Science,
delivers keynote address highlighting the invaluable expertise of
Ontario's engineers and the province's commitment to innovation and
science.

Open forum

Olga Dragas from The Personal Insurance company presents
Saeideh Salimpour with a $2,500 scholarship award for outstanding
academic achievement, community leadership and commitment to the
engineering profession. The Personal Insurance awards eight OSPE
student members with this scholarship this year.

Outgoing OSPE President and Chair Michael Monette, P.Eng., and
incoming President and Chair Jonathan Hack, P.Eng., moderate an
Open Forum about the strategic direction of the Society. For more
details, visit OSPE's Society Notes blog (blog.ospe.on.ca) and read
'Highlights from OSPE's General Assembly and Annual General
Meeting'.

Mehemed Delibasic, P.Eng., receives OSPE's 2017 President's
Volunteer Award for Professional Engineers.

June 2017

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