Why Not Ohio? Nova Scotia To Introduce Feed-In Tariffs

[Rick Rowlands]

When was the Ohio legislature disbanded?  I did not know that Ted Strickland was now Ohio's dictator and that only he has the authority to make these decisions. 

[irishbobcat]

Why Not Ohio? Nova Scotia To Introduce Feed-In Tariffs

Paul Gipe reported last week that  as part of Nova Scotia's Renewable Electricity Plan, the province in Eastern Canada will implement a series of feed-in tariffs for locally-owned projects.

Nova Scotia, one of Canada's Maritime Provinces, announced the Community-Based Feed-in Tariffs or COMFIT program to "encourage the development of local renewable energy projects by municipalities, First Nations, co-operatives, and non-profit groups."

If implemented as proposed, Nova Scotia will be the third province to use feed-in tariffs to develop renewable energy. Prince Edward Island, also a Maritime Province, has had a simple feed-in tariff for several years, and Ontario, Canada's most populous province launched its successful program last fall.

The government's Renewable Electricity Plan proposes building 300 MW of new renewable capacity by 2015 in three equal tranches: one for the provincial utility, one for independent power producers, and one for community-owned projects. Significantly, the plan proposes reducing coal-fired generation from 75% of supply to 40% of supply by 2020.

Why not Ohio? Why are more and more Canadian Providences and States here in the USA going to feed-in tariffs to lower use of coal-fired energy plants? Is it because Ted Strickland supports building more and more coal plants in the Buckeye State? Considering his support for building a coal to fossil fuel plant in Wellsville, one has to believe Ted Strickland is controlled by dirty coal lobbyists in Columbus.