Renewable energy developers who have been playing by the Ontario government’s irrational but at least codified Green Energy Act Feed-In Tariff rules have reacted vigorously to information first published on this web site about a secret deal initiated on the government side by Smitherman that would allow the international electronics giant Samsung rights of primus noctis. The revolt against Smitherman appears to be lead by Dwight Duncan and Sandra Pupatello. Smitherman was expected to appear at the prominent APPRO conference (November 17/18) but has withdrawn. The best case for the government is for Samsung to withdraw. Although the list of wind industry lobbyists is very long on the Ontario government’s Lobbyists Registration Act web site, there is still no trace of Samsung’s name on the list. Watch for this news showing up in the Toronto Star in the middle of next week.
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Samsung Secret Deal with McGuinty Government: News Update
Saturday, November 7th, 2009Presentation Arguing Against Feed-In Tariffs (FIT)
Thursday, September 24th, 2009The attached presentation, to a conference in Toronto held September 21st, argues that the Ontario FIT program is uneconomic, politically vulnerable, and likely to be short-lived. I specifically identify an urgent need for the IESO to present analysis on when wind power is likely to take over as first contingency for the purposes of operating reserve and for the OPA to present an update of the Integrated Power System Plan, so that the outlook for power development and power prices can be estimated within the uncertainty of the constituent elements.
PDF attached:euci-conference-presentation-by-tom-adams-re-fit-policy-design-final1