Hydro One Receives OEB Approval to Build Transmission Line from Kincardine to Milton
October 7, 2008
TORONTO, Sept. 16 – The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) has approved Hydro One’s Leave to Construct application for the Bruce to Milton Transmission Reinforcement Project with conditions.
The project involves the construction a 180-kilometre, double-circuit 500 kilovolt (kV) transmission line on a widened existing corridor between the Bruce Power Facility in Kincardine and Hydro One’s switching station in Milton. The line will transfer more than 3,000 megawatts of clean and renewable power from the Bruce area to southern Ontario. This project represents the largest expansion to Ontario’s transmission system in 20 years. In its decision, the OEB found the project to be in the public interest in regard to its impact on price, reliability and quality of electricity service to consumers.
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RES III Request for Proposals (RFP)
October 6, 2008
Final Request for Proposals (RES III RFP) has now been posted as of August 22, 2008.
On November 20, 2007, the OPA issued a RES Phase III Request for Expressions of Interest (the “RES III RFEI”). A first step in fulfilling the directive from the Minister of Energy and Infrastructure (the “Directive”) to procure up to 2,000 MW of new renewable energy supply from projects greater than 10 MW in size.
RES III Request for Proposals (RFP)