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From: Copperfield	1/31/2006 8:43:20 PM
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Power plant is coming, premier tells T.O. ...................................... Jan. 31, 2006. 01:00 AM RICHARD BRENNAN STAFF REPORTERS Premier Dalton McGuinty says Toronto is getting a new gas-fired power plant whether the city likes it or not because otherwise it risks serious electricity shortages. "We need to build new generation inside the city of Toronto. We can't duck this. ... It's either that or we talk about rolling blackouts," McGuinty told reporters at Queen's Park yesterday. "In an ideal world, we could get to where we need to go through conservation and renewables like wind. But we don't live in that world. We live in this one." That was an apparent reference to Mayor David Miller's comment that the city should first try to conserve energy before going ahead with a controversial gas-fired power plant in the port lands at a cost of more than $500 million. Just last month, Ontario's Independent Electricity System Operator issued a report saying Toronto faces rotating blackouts within two years unless urgent action is taken to get new power generators and transmission lines to serve the city. "We have a growing economy and a growing population and I hope that all of us who have the privilege of serving (in) the position of responsibility understand that it's something that we have to do — we are going to have to build more generation inside the city of Toronto," McGuinty said. Ontario Power Generation and TransCanada Corp. have proposed building a 550-megawatt, gas-fired generating station on Toronto's eastern waterfront near the site of the mothballed Hearn generating station. But the project has faced opposition from nearby residents. The Liberal government will have to instruct the Ontario Power Authority to make the new generating station happen. A spokesperson said Energy Minister Donna Cansfield would be issuing a directive to the authority within the next few weeks outlining various options on how to get more power to downtown. Toronto Councillor Paula Fletcher (Ward 30, Toronto-Danforth) vowed to battle any big generation development in the port lands. "If you want to fight, let's get into it," Fletcher said in an interview.

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