NEO-RA's Position on Gas Fired Power Generation Plants

The North-East Oakville Residents' Association:

• Supports a stable electrical grid that meets local electrical demands
• Recognizes the benefits from local electrical generation
• Is concerned that the proposed locations for the power plant are in a stressed air shed and could negatively affect the air quality of our community
• Is concerned that increased air pollution would negatively affect the health and welfare of our community
• Supports the Town of Oakville’s bylaw relating to the power plant and the Town’s process to identify appropriate areas for power plants in Oakville and to revise its official plan accordingly
• Will participate in the Town’s process as it relates to locations in or near our residential areas
• Will not oppose areas from being identified as appropriate for power plants if they are sufficiently distant from residences of North-East Oakville; review and comment on other areas should come from residents local to those areas; we view the proposed TransCanada Site to be sufficiently distant from residences of North- East Oakville
• Will encourage all power plant proposals to include offsets for fine particulate matter pollution that exceed the levels that their proposals would create

Minimizing the amount of fine particulate matter pollution to be created by the power plant will minimize the offsets needed to reduce pollution.

Power Plant and Clarkson Air Shed Update June 9, 2009

It is often hard to get objective information on polarizing issues. With the proposed power plant in the south-east Oakville or south Mississauga, there is information from the parties responding to OPA the request and from opponents to a power plant in this area. While NEO-RA cannot speak to the accuracy of the information from various sources, we think it useful to provide access to this information.

The following study was commissioned by the Ontario government:

Part 2 http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/envision/techdocs/6031e.pdf

Part 2 Addendum http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/publications/7074e.pdf

Part 3 http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/publications/7074e.pdf

Halton presentation:
http://www.halton.ca/council/documents/HSS_May1.pdf

For information from other residents’ associations visit:
http://miranet.ca/ or

http://tcra.ca/ or

http://www.cmgra.org/ or

http://www.jcri.org/

For the TransCanada proposal visit:
http://www.transcanada.com/company/oakville.html

Highlights from the April 8th, 2009 meeting with TransCanada.

NEO-RA held a meeting with TransCanada on April 8th, 2009 to gather information with regards to the proposed Oakville gas powered electricity generation plant.

Please click below for the meeting notes and answers to questions provided by NEO-RA:



























TransCanada will be holding an open house in Oakville on April 14th.
Oakville Generating Station Open House #1
Tuesday April 14th, 2009, 4 – 8 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Oakville Centre
590 Argus Road, Oakville

Proposed TransCanada Generating Station in Oakville Update March 27, 2009

TransCanada will be commencing environmental studies associated with its proposed Oakville Generating Station (OGS) in the coming weeks. TransCanada is holding a public open house on Tuesday, April 14th to in order to share information and gather public input about the proposed OGS and these studies. Please click on the notices below.

For more information please click:

http://www.transcanada.com/company/oakville.html