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Tho Acton Press Wednesday Jan 10 Prefers Bruce to Essa Hydros corridor route second best Slater No smokes Jan 22 From the point of view What remains Is a 12 of planning an electrical mile stretch in transmission system a Hills but according to computer expert told the Slaters page report a Ontario Municipal Board line going cast from the Ontario Hydros generator to near Lake Is biltcr from a systems planning point of view ThecxpertK J Slater Slater Energy Consul in Toronto told the board there is better way of getting power from the Bruce nuclear general station than the route chosen by Ontario Hydro Ontario Hydro has built a corridor from the gen crating station to just north of the Hills border The OMB is listening to arguments on why the public utility should or should not be permitted inside the boundary in order to link the north south corridor to the east west corridor near Milton Slater was a witness for Hills Slater look he reasons for the north south lino Ontario Hydro gave to the Interested Citizens Group ICG which strongly opposes the con of the corridor from the Bruce to Milton Slater report was re quested by the Ministry of Energy to help the ICG understand Hydros transmission system studies In general Slater told by saying studies were not all encompassing nor were they all the studies that should have been done Concerning post fault capabilities the ability of a transmission system to work after a major problem Hie pick of Ontario Hydro fared poorly according to Slater The Ontario Hydro plan in part has lines from the north and the east west corridor ing a common right into the Milton transformer station Ontario Hydro studies did not include con of the loss of the Milton station a point more vulnerable than the quarter mile of common Essa line because it mentally acceptable servants route and because the BruceEaso link to the grid might have to Ira- verse some of the most popular scenic and recreational terrain in the OMB he found the corridor to the north Ontario Hydro studies to cording to Slater be consistent but con I would have prefci J Slater red further study on the possibility of a Bruce- line or to some other points said Slater A breakdown at the Milton Station may result In a blackout as wpread as the one that plunged the northeast United States and Ont ario into darkness a few years ago Slater ltcould it hard to say he said Another point made in the Hydro studies was the need for a line length which would not bo Hydro would not want to cut down on generation from the Bruce plant and so lose money because a line was not secure I estimated there would only be weeks of the year when all eight units at Bruce would be did because f someday Very small ho est mated to be a half a day a year Slater told the board he considered the link an rmnt but that it would not be as good as having three separate corridors The Ontario Hydro studies evaluated eight southern Ontario alternate systems The Bruce- con nee Hon has been one of the alternate routes Bug Smokers should stay away from the January Hills council meeting That night no making will be allowed would not be easy to find In the council chamber a socially and environ Marilyn wreathed In smoke from Councillor Roy Booths pipe put forward the motion past pointing out council had endorsedJanuary2l National Education Week on Smoking She said council should at least ban smoking at council meeting that week The motion squeaked THE ACTON FREE PRESS Ctait Mill Poital Hag I Speakers stolen Slater suggested in his report that three routes routed some often by Ihe ICG Srlo l0 Hydro lawyer fa church so they decided John Parkinson asked ShLm Ton break In instead accord Sinter it he included in to Regional his study any social or Bearing in mind there Police environmental more lines out of He replied he Bruce someday and out In operation During the HydrQ 13 the possibility of considerations to instability would happen justification for the only with a force outage BruceGeorgetown route and that amount or time to the So small said Slater Corridor information needs updating Bruce Howlett Friday January If the environmental planner for Ontario Hydros east west cor had plan the cor through Hills he would update information Bruce presi dent of Limited told the Ontario Municipal Board he would not be satisfied with some of the information used recently by another planner Region lawyer Ken Anderson pointing a nearly 15foot long aerial photograph on the wall asked he consider cur photo is four years old Later also in Howie I said he did not know how land use had changed in Hal ton Hills I think it would be worthwhile knowing before going on said the environ mental consul ta nt The aerial photo was part of the information Ontario Hydro gave an other planning consul tant John to help him study the pro posed route for the kV line who con eluded Hydro route was the best he saw in the area he looked at also drove the route rent if he v ere looking for walked other parts corridor today said he would have area rephoto- because a var of things could con happen The Neither planner present during the others testimony I noticed here and there there were build that did not appear Bruce on the photos told the board The planner took the point of view of looking for a line with the least visual or agricultural impact line goes down the back lot line of the Fifth Concession from north to south company performed some plan about four years ago on possible paths for a corridor Results were included in the report which mainly studied the east west line The present course for the corridor was not recommended by Bhi but was an alternate route In cross examination Ontario Hydro lawyer John Parkinson inquired if Hewlett thought the board should postpone its decision keeping in mind the cost of delays Im not making a recommendation its just what I would do re plied the planner Hydro slams ICG data Ontario Hydro engineer at Ontario Municipal Board hearings disagreed with a picture suggesting the utility needed no more high power transmission lines from station Hydro utilization Watson yesterday Bruce generating transmission engineer Alan testified there arc forecasts of power being bottled up at the Bruce station tins year Watson oho told the board that with Hit possible surplus generation the nuclear station it is important to have another major transmission line because of the Lost of using other fuels to genera it power The hearings arc at Georgetown Gordon Memorial Arena Ontario Hydro applied to the to rewrite on township bylaw and official plan which block the utility from entering the municipality of Hills A mile ribbon of land within muni A spring time court into hearing the applicn battle may render insig Hon to amend the nificant any meaning official plan from the current Ontario and bylaw pursuant to Municipal Board the Planning Act in light hearing concerning the of provisions of the proposed Ontario Hydro Power Corporation Act corridor through and the Act very complex kV from the analytical process used Bruce to Milton would by Ontario Hydro sold amount to more than million this year The Figures were in cost would come from the by Watson to need of Ontario Hydro to demonstrate that under use coal and oil ideal transmission generation instead of conditions there would nuclear generation be according pro- Fossil fuel generators megawatts are linked to Ontario of power which would be Hydros grid unable to be transmitted Probably the cost of from the Bruce with generating power at the existing lines Under foul station is weather conditions with seven times the cost at one circuit knocked out the Bruce nuclear station the amount of megawatts and at the Hearn bottled up would nearly generator the cost of triple according to production is probably Watson In total with four ten times cost of line generators at he Bruce Retting power out of by the Com and Douglas Point the Bruce Watson said mission production of power Watson was allowed to would be give testimony after an megawatts Watson said hour long lawyers The figures Watson used debate on the question of from an Ontario Ontario Hydro being Hydro projection for permitted to introduce October of this year new evidence after the The ICGs Minns was opposition lawyers trying to convince the brought forth all their there la no need for evidence thcHaltonllillssectionof Ontario Hydro is the line plying for the official Walson indicated the plan amendment while cost of not having the the ICG Halton Region and Ilalton Hills lawyers are fighting to keep the laws the way they chairman Henry Stewart and Bill Dyer matters under The decided to permit ipahty is all Ontario Hydro needs to complete a 109 mile long trans mission corridor from nuclear generating station on Lake Huron to the Milton transformer station where it is planned to join the Nanticoke Pickering line Watson was directing his evidence towards previous testimony of John Minns representing the Interested Citizens Group ICG The ICG opposes construction of the BruceMilton line without there first being an independent study like the one carried out Minns presented figures showing Ontario Hydro has enough lines from the Bruce and that there is no bottling up of power at the nuclear generator Watson said some of the figures used by Minns were dated and irrelevant Also the method Minns used to add up the system limits did not compare to Court to test OMB Act Hills Hills with the backing of the Interested Citizens Group ICG brought an application to the division court of the Ontario Supreme Court to enquire into the jurisdiction of the OMB The court which is expected to hear the case in the last week of March will examine the specific article in the Act That article states Nothing in this Act confers upon the Board any jurisdiction as to Power are within exclusive jurisdiction of Ontario Hydro Such jurisdiction in eludes construction of power corridors cording to ICG lawyer Patrick Ontario Hydro to in troduce reply evidence in interest of a full and fair hearing The hearing which has accumulated more than CO exhibits started January and is ex pected to end today iDOtBIKHAIPlNKSS I Fish Chips or our Chinese Cuisine HOURS to m oil m 12 noon to Telephone Frontier Florist Garden Centre Ou1pH Dm 519 8222361 Floral Designs Weddings Funerals Tropical Plants SPECIAL of the WEEK CARNATIONS 550 Cash and Carry FREE DELIVERY TO HOSPITALS NURSING FUNERAL HOMES indicated he thought it worthy to re examine the information on a line as short as a dozen miles Such a proper study would re quire about three months said the planner Cost is factor in selecting routes and it with other factors are put in a barrel and out comes a route asked Parkinson I dont agree with that replied The studied was carried out in about eight months under what How said were time con Part of bis work involved questionnaires to the public and meet We would have liked to have more time to deal with the public We moved rather rapid he said In his report recommended appearance towers single poles rather the usual structures He surprise the sug gestion was not used appeared sur prised to discover an other- recommendation concerning the use of trees to camouflage the Milton transformer lias also not been used Howlett made it dear he was not at the hearing to solicit business but Hydro Parkinson asked if he had been available to perform an indepen dent study for the region Hills or the Inter Citizens Group No sooner had Howlett replied Yes when an unidentified voice from the audience asked if the Ontario Government could not also have hired him Great Fun tic BOW lot BOWL for jJ3 Acton Bowling Lanes Main St HEIRLOOM STAINLESS SERVICE FOR Calwial I Four Place S4i I lings each win Tan I Knife For Salad Fork GLYNN JEV N SELLERS We saved you a seat GoBooit there Is still a possibility to achieve the pattern you outline You stud led a proposal of that lias no reality said the 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