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Hydro shuts huge nuclear reactor
Bruce A plant may be lost for peak winter season
The giant Bruce A generating station on Lake Huron, which can supply 15 per cent of Ontario’s electricity, has shut down because of rust and cracks and may never reopen.
Ontario Hydro insists it plans to get the plant working again in time for winter. But it needs permission from a federal regulator, which says this may be "difficult."
Hydro shuts down reactor
Utility scrambles to revive two reactors at crippled Bruce station
A reactor at the giant Bruce A nuclear station died prematurely yesterday, as Ontario Hydro gave up trying to repair internal cracks and rust.
The fate of two others at the station is still in question. The fourth was shut down two years ago, needing hundreds of millions of dollars in repairs.
Transcript of EP's presentation to the Ontario select committee on Ontario Hydro nuclear affairs
SELECT COMMITTEE ON ONTARIO HYDRO NUCLEAR AFFAIRS Chair / Président Mr Derwyn Shea (High Park-Swansea PC) ViceChair / VicePrésident Mr Monte Kwinter (Wilson Heights L) Mr Sean Conway (Renfrew North / -Nord L) Mr Doug Galt (Northumberland PC) Mrs Barbara Fisher (Bruce PC) Mrs Helen Johns (Huron PC) Mr Monte Kwinter (Wilson Heights L) Mr Floyd Laughren (Nickel Belt ND) Mr John R. O’Toole (Durham East / -Est PC) Mr Derwyn Shea (High Park-Swansea PC)
Clerk / Greffière Ms Donna Bryce
Ontario Hydro forecasts high cost for replacement power
Based on the evidence of a senior Ontario Hydro official presented to the Ontario Select Committee on Ontario Hydro Nuclear Affairs, Ontario Hydro believes its incremental cost of power over the next five years, mostly from coal-fired stations needed to replace production lost from declining nuclear performance, will be 3.9 cents per KW.h. Even assuming that Ontario Hydro is accurately forecasting its costs, this cost for dirty coal-fired power probably exceeds the total cost of much cleaner high efficiency natural gas-fired power.
Contents of EP's briefing binder to the Select Committee on Ontario Hydro nuclear affairs
Ontario Select Committee on
Ontario Hydro Nuclear Affairs
Background Documents for
Presentation of
Energy Probe
Presenters:
Presentation of
Energy Probe
Thomas Adams, Executive Director
Norman Rubin, Director of Nuclear Research
October 20, 1997
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Power privatization and competition lowering rates
Power privatization and competition introduced in the electricity market in the State of Victoria, Australia in 1994 has caused electricity prices there to drop for homeowners by 6% in inflation adjusted terms. The rate drop has occurred despite unexpectedly high prices paid by the new owners of the electricity system after an intense bidding war broke out during privatization.
Ontario Hydro Considering General Rate Increase
Fears We May Freeze in the Dark, and Ontario Hydro’s Hemispheric Expansion Plan Exposed
Scoping environmental considerations to inform design of Ontario's central market operator
Introduction
This document scopes some of the environmental issues that might inform the design of a CMO for Ontario. It is intended that this document will assist TAT Team #3 in deciding what environmental issues it should consider for further examination. The document is intended for circulation to all interested parties and the author invites any comments.
Sustainable alternatives to coal and nuclear power in Ontario
A huge range of technologies and fuels are used to generate power around the world, but have been largely thwarted in Canada by our electric monopolies, which favour large-scale power sources such as nuclear and coal. Despite the odds, some small-scale entrepreneurial power development has been successful. In Ontario, 1600 megawatts (MW) of private generating capacity is up and running, using the following fuels and technologies:
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