| Labrador Hydro Project for Ontario | 13 April 05 |
 The Ontario government has submitted a joint proposal with Hydro-Québec and engineering/construction giant SNC-Lavalin to support Newfoundland in development of a hydroelectric project at the Lower Churchill River in Labrador. The proposed 2,824 megawatt project would be on traditional lands of the Innu people. The proposal is one of 25 responses to a Request for Expressions of Interest and Proposals issued by the Newfoundland and Labrador Government in January. The proposal would see Ontario and Quebec work with Newfoundland to develop the 2,000-megawatt Gull Island site, and an additional 824 megawatts at Muskrat Falls, both on the Lower Churchill River. Ontario would receive 945 megawatts (one third) of the total output of the project. Ontario plans to phase out 7,500 megawatts of coal-fired generation by 2007. As part of the agreement, Hydro-Québec would advance construction of a 1,250-megawatt interconnection with Ontario, to be in service by 2009. Proponents hope construction could begin in late 2006 with power available by 2011. The estimated cost of the project is $9 billion. View the Ontario Government release View the Sierra Club release View the CBC article View the request for proposals - full version or newspaper Ad (PDFs) Source: Ontario Government, CBC |
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