The Clean Affordable Enengy Alliance Advocates
What does the CAE advocate?

The CAE Alliance is advocating:

*affordable energy rates
*energy supply reliability
*cleaner air
*preserving the presence of major industry in Ontario
*responsible management of energy resources

Ontario Needs to be Concerned....
Ontario needs to be concerned....
If the McGuinty Government shuts down all coal fired generation as planned, Ontario will feel the impact not only in our pocket book but our economy will suffer. Jobs will be lost, people will leave our community our province.Worst of all our seniors will have to choose between heating their homes and eating and in the summer, cooling their homes or eating fresh fruit. Is this what you want for our seniors who have worked their entire lives to support you and me? What are we leaving our children? How do you explain to your children that we have used up the last of a natural and left them nothing. Do you know that there is over 300 years of coal and under 10 years of natural gas?

Keeping you Informed October 2005
KEEPING YOU INFORMED – October 25, 2005

CAE Alliance made a submission to the Ontario Power Authority regarding supply mix

Second meeting with Toby Barrett, Conservative MPP for Haldimand-Norfolk (Nanticoke area). He will arrange for CAE to have a Queen’s Park media booth.

Petition against Natural Gas Plant nets almost 1,000 signatures

Excellent turn out (over 500) to St. Clair Township Council meeting – results in refusal to grant official plan and zoning bylaw changes for Invenergy

CAE information taken to Canadian Chemical Producers Association meeting – interested and encouraged by our activities

40 booklets handed out in Ottawa to MPs and Canadian Chemical Producers representatives – positive reponse

CAE made submission to Environmental Bill of Rights Office re: zero mercury emissions from coal fired power plants

CAE Alliance met Tuesday, October 4 with Dwight Duncan, Caroline Dicocco – took our information and list of questions – agreed to respond to both, as well as to letter of August 4 – continues to affirm coal closure – promises to provide us with replacement strategy – provided him with methane release information showing natural gas worse regarding greenhouse gas emissions than coal


MOE water permitting office advises that Calpine will likely be required to apply for their own water permit – will include requirements under Great Lakes Charter

Attended Invenergy Open House October 6 – to let them know when will continue the fight –they may appeal St. Clair Council decision to OMB – are considering other sites

Approximately 750 booklets in circulation – smaller version (10 pages) will be completed within the month

CAE made presentation to Windsor & District Labour Council – hopeful of follow up interactions with other union and trade groups in that area

DVD is finished and will be “released” at upcoming media event at Queen’s Park, Toronto

Web site continues to be updated – many are accessing the site for information


UPCOMING

Media Booth scheduled for November 16 at Queen’s Park – presentation and question/answer session – Toronto media + correspondents province wide

Presentation of material to Conservation Environment and Energy Critic