Liberals’ green energy strategy blasted by auditor
AUDITOR General Jim McCarter released his annual report on Monday. He found we pay too much for booze at the LCBO and not enough is being done to police private career colleges. Torstar News
Premier Dalton McGuinty’s Liberals’ fast tracking of green energy projects will cost electricity ratepayers more money in the long run, says Auditor General Jim McCarter.
In his 460-page annual report to the Legislature released Monday, McCarter castigated policies that were a cornerstone of McGuinty’s re-election in the Oct. 6 vote, including Grit claims of 50,000 green jobs being created.
The auditor general found billions of dollars in solar and wind projects were approved without appropriate oversight, including and regulatory and planning procedures.
“While this helped these projects get off the ground quickly, their high cost will add significantly to ratepayers’ electricity bills in the future,” McCarter told reporters Monday.
He urged the government and its agency, the Ontario Power Authority, to conduct a “cost-benefit assessment of the progress made to date” in order to “strike an appropriated balance between the promotion of green energy and the price of electricity in Ontario.”
Hefty subsidies of cleanly generated power have helped McGuinty’s government create 20,000 jobs in the sector with another 30,000 expected by the end of next year.
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Wow this comes as a huge surprise to me. I never would have thought that the Provincial Government would have been involved in this. My Gosh, I'm thunderstruck. Someone please pinch me I must be dreaming. Dalton would never do this. He's a straight shooter.
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Premier Dalton McGuinty’s Liberals’ fast tracking of green energy projects will cost electricity ratepayers more money in the long run, says Auditor General Jim McCarter.
In his 460-page annual report to the Legislature released Monday, McCarter castigated policies that were a cornerstone of McGuinty’s re-election in the Oct. 6 vote, including Grit claims of 50,000 green jobs being created.
The auditor general found billions of dollars in solar and wind projects were approved without appropriate oversight, including and regulatory and planning procedures.
“While this helped these projects get off the ground quickly, their high cost will add significantly to ratepayers’ electricity bills in the future,” McCarter told reporters Monday.
He urged the government and its agency, the Ontario Power Authority, to conduct a “cost-benefit assessment of the progress made to date” in order to “strike an appropriated balance between the promotion of green energy and the price of electricity in Ontario.”
Hefty subsidies of cleanly generated power have helped McGuinty’s government create 20,000 jobs in the sector with another 30,000 expected by the end of next year.
Read More
Wow this comes as a huge surprise to me. I never would have thought that the Provincial Government would have been involved in this. My Gosh, I'm thunderstruck. Someone please pinch me I must be dreaming. Dalton would never do this. He's a straight shooter.
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