Why Not Ohio? Ontario Becoming A Renewable Energy Giant

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Why Not Ohio? Ontario Becoming A Renewable Energy Giant
Ontario signalled its intention of becoming a world leader in renewable energy a year ago when it launched a Feed-in Tariff program.

The program is the most comprehensive in North America and offers guaranteed, long-term prices for renewable energy producers. It provides reasonable rates of return to increase investor confidence and to make it easier to finance projects.

These provisions cover a broad spectrum of project sizes and renewable energies. This includes everyone from homeowners who want to put solar panels on their roofs to commercial operators establishing large wind farms.

And it's not just solar and wind; biomass, biogas, hydro and landfill gas projects are also included in the program.

The FIT program was a success right from the start last October. The Ontario Power Authority has offered contracts to 184 larger projects (greater than 500 kW) totalling nearly 2,500 MW of capacity and a further 510 smaller projects across the province with a total generating capacity of 112 MW. As of August 20, more than 7,000 contracts have been offered for smaller projects under 10 kW–mostly rooftop solar systems–under the microFIT program.

The resounding success of the FIT program provided the first lesson and that is that ordinary Ontarians are eager to do their part to contribute to the reliability of the electricity system and to the fight against climate change.

Why Not Ohio? Is it because we have a Governor in Ted Strickland who is against greener technology in Ohio because he is controlled by the dirty coal and nuke PACS that fund his campaign?

We need a truely Green Governor for Ohio that will advocate bringing Feed-In Tariffs into Ohio to promore Blue-Green Energy growth as well as a growth in Blue-Green Energy jobs for all Ohioans.

Dennis S. Spisak-Green Party Nominee for Ohio Governor

www.votespisak.org/governor/

www.dennisspisak.com

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