Ontario lowers premiums for wind power and solar energy

However, Bentley says Ontario will not return to the days when local councils could reject a proposal to produce electricity in their area. He says the government will stop short of giving municipalities a veto over wind power and solar energy projects.

The review will also lower the lucrative premiums paid by the province for wind turbines and solar power contracts, which the Opposition blames for sending electricity bills soaring.

Ontario pays up to 80.2 cents a kilowatt hour for solar power and 13.5 cents per kwh for wind power, while residential hydro users pay about 10 cents a kilowatt hour at peak rates.

The Conservatives want to end what they call "massive subsidies" for green energy, and say you can’t power a twenty-first century economy based on when the sun shines and the wind blows.

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