Table 1.
Defining Green Energy and Green Energy Strategy from the Green Energy (Bill 150) Standing Committee Hearings
| Speaker/citation | Comments |
|---|---|
| General public | |
| Barry Fraser of Fraser Consulting and Associates60 | “Green energy must not compromise the health and safety of our environment but, rather, enhance it… green energy development must not compromise the health and safety of [animals]…as well as people in both rural and urban Ontario.” |
| Harvey Tenenbaum of Harten Consulting61 | “If Bill 150 is to provide the impetus for green energy and, just as importantly, a green environment—and that's the purpose for green energy, to ensure a green environment.” |
| Lou Eyamie of Save Our Skyline G24, p 57062 | On green energy projects “do not harm the environment, do not increase risk to threatened species and pose no risk or health threat to the people and animals that live near proposed sites.” |
| Members of Provincial Parliament | |
| Peter Tabuns [New Democratic Party]63 | “I move that subsection 1(1) of the Green Energy Act, 2009, as set out in schedule A to the bill, be amended by adding the following definitions: ‘green energy’ means energy derived from a renew-able energy source or from a generation facility that is a high-efficiency heat and power facility; ‘high-efficiency heat and power facility’ means a generation facility that uses high-efficiency technology to produce power and thermal energy from a single source and that achieves a minimum average efficiency of 6,000 British thermal units per kilowatt hour but does not include a generation facility that uses garbage or refuse-derived fuel.” |
| Laurel C. Broten [Liberal Party]64 | “We will not be accepting this amendment. The focus of the Green Energy Act is with respect to renewable energy generation.” |
| Mr. David Orazietti (The Chair) [Liberal Party]65: | “The amendment is lost.” |
| Ayes = “Tabuns” | |
| Nays = “Bailey, Broten, Jeffrey, Kular, Mitchell, Rinaldi, Yakabuski.” | |
| George Smitherman (Minister of Energy and Infrastructure) [Liberal Party]66 | “Nuclear power is not covered by the Green Energy Act…we haven't sought to have the Green Energy Act apply to nuclear power, no.” |
| Laurel C. Broten [Liberal Party]67 | “It [nuclear power] is part of a green energy strategy [for the Green Energy Act, 2009] going forward.”2 |
| Carol Mitchell [Liberal Party]68 | “I'm very proud of the Green Energy Act. I'm very proud that nuclear is an important component of it…I have the largest nuclear generating station in North America located in my riding.”3 |