Item - 2011.EX12.1
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on November 29, 2011 without amendments and without debate.
- This item was considered by Executive Committee on November 1, 2011 and was adopted with amendments. It will be considered by City Council on November 29, 2011.
EX12.1 - Proposed Directives to Toronto Hydro Regarding Anemometer in Lake Ontario
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted on Consent
- Wards:
- All
City Council Decision
City Council on November 29, 30 and December 1, 2011, adopted the following:
1. City Council, as Shareholder, direct Toronto Hydro to cause its subsidiary, Toronto Hydro Energy Services, to complete the testing program for the Wind Anemometer in Lake Ontario by the Fall of 2012, and that there be no extension to the program.
Background Information (Committee)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2011/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-41839.pdf
Communications (Committee)
(November 1, 2011) E-mail from Sherri Lange (EX.Main.EX12.1.2)
EX12.1 - Proposed Directives to Toronto Hydro Regarding Anemometer in Lake Ontario
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Amended
- Wards:
- All
Committee Recommendations
The Executive Committee recommends that City Council, as Shareholder, direct Toronto Hydro to cause its subsidiary, Toronto Hydro Energy Services, to complete the testing program for the Wind Anemometer in Lake Ontario by the Fall of 2012, and that there be no extension to the program.
Origin
Summary
This report provides information on the current anemometer testing program (the measurement of wind speed and direction) run by Toronto Hydro Corporation on Lake Ontario (one kilometre offshore from East Point Park in Toronto), and provides rationales that support the completion of the testing program in the fall of 2012, in line with the initial project schedule.
The rationales are: a substantive public investment of over $1 million; contracted partnerships with third parties to share the collected data; and technical and regulatory limitations on an early completion.
It is important that Toronto Hydro's ability to generate electricity and incorporate new electricity into the local distribution system be maintained to promote economic growth and provide greater security of electricity supply.
Regarding the proposed approval of a moratorium on wind turbine projects on Lake Ontario, the Province has placed a moratorium on construction on wind turbines on all of the Great Lakes, which governs Toronto Hydro and negates an extension of its current research work or introduction of new studies.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2011/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-41839.pdf
Communications
(November 1, 2011) E-mail from Sherri Lange (EX.Main.EX12.1.2)
Speakers
Roy Wright, Save the Toronto Bluffs
Belinda Cole
Councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon
Councillor Shelley Carroll
Motions
That Sherri Lange be permitted to speak for a total of seven minutes.
That City Council request Toronto Hydro to have its subsidiary Toronto Hydro Energy Services immediately remove its anemometer from the bed of Lake Ontario.
That City Council request Toronto Hydro to have its subsiduary Toronto Hydro Energy Services not engage in any future wind research or projects as a foundation for green energy projects.
That City Council, as Shareholder, direct Toronto Hydro to cause its subsidiary, Toronto Hydro Energy Services, to complete the testing program for the Wind Anemometer in Lake Ontario by the Fall of 2012 and that there be no extension to the program.