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Halton Hills Hydro wins battle THE HERALD Wednesday May I 1991 Page 5 By BEN DUMMETT The Herald A fiveyear power struggle pitting Hills Hydro torn mission against Milton Hydro Commission and Ontario Hydro has come to an end with the local utility saving itself 300 000 the Herald has learned Halton Hills Hydro has arrived at a settlement between Milton Hydro and On tano Hydro that will require the local commission to pay Milton Hydro instead of the Milton Hydro had originally requested Hills Hydro pay The saving isn t only a saving to the utility said Halton Hills Hydro General Manager Gerry Trudell Friday it is also a Surprisin from NEC By BEN DUMMETT The Herald Even if a Niagara Escarpment Commission proposed amend ment banning garbage dumps on the escarpment is approved the amendment will have no bearing on whether or not the Acton dump proposal will get the go ahead NEC Senior Planner Marion Plaunt confirmed this informa tion Friday during a hearing on the NEC Amendment 52 at the Halton Htfls Civic Centre Amendment calls for ap plicants wanting to establish a waste disposal facility on the escarpment to first obtain an amendement to the Niagara Escarpment Plan Currently an amendment t always re quired Ms Plaunt told the heanng if the Acton dump proposal receives approval under the pro vince s Environmental Assess ment Act the Commission would not use the amendment if approv ed to prevent the dump from go ing ahead The Acton dump is be ing proposed for the Acton quarry site south of Highway Amendment t apply to the Acton dump proposal because the proposal had been made before a decision on the amendment had been handed down Under the Environmental saving to the Town If the had to be paid to Milton the cost to the utility would have been recovered through residents hydro rates said Mr Trudell Ontario Hydro s Director of Central Region Gord Sanford confirmed Monday the saving to Halton Hills Hydro However he wouldn t reveal how much Ontario Hydro and Milton Hydro each paid to cover this amount Mr said he wasn t con ceroed how much of the 450 000 Milton and Ontario Hydro paid All I was concerned about is that we only had to pay because there was no way the commission was going to pay the total amount said Mr The General Manager called hearing Assessment Act the proponents of the Acton Dump proposal Reclamations Systems In must show the dump is a utility Under Amendment 52 landfill applicants msut prove the landfill is a suitable utility for the escarpment area RSI lawyer Richard Hazard wanted the Commission s tion more clearly stated in Amendment 52 Ms told the hearing the amendment includes a clause that states those applicants who have already applied under the Environmental Assessment Act for landfill on the escarpment won t be bound by Amendment Landfill applications for the escarpment made once Amend ment 52 is approved will be bound by the amendment and the En vironmental Assessment Act she added Mr Hazard however wanted the RSI proposal to be ly identified in the amendment as one that won t be bound by the amendment Ms Plaunt said she didn t think the additional clause was necessary but would consider the request The hearing resumes May at which time Ms Plaunt will in dicate if Mr Hazard request can be accommodated the settlement fair The controversy arose in when Milton started to charge Halton Hills Hydro for the use of Milton transformer station and power lines to supply power to Dufferin Quarry which borders Halton Hills and Milton Mr explained that Milton Hydro started to charge Halton Hills Hydro to use Milton power facilities because of a change Ontario s policy about supplying power In 1986 Ontario Hydro ed a new policy permitting utilities to charge neighboring utilities that required their supp ly system to obtain power Halton Hills refused to pay this fee from the outset said Mr Trudell because the system located in Milton was the only available system from which to obtain power for Quarry According to Mr On Hydro is obligated to transport power to the borders over which a utility covers That utility only pays for the power itself The utility shouldn t have to pay for the cost to transport the power to the utility s border of coverage he said It was Hills Hydros position that Ontario Hydro should pay Milton for the use of the power lines in that Township said Mr Mr said the commis sion was willing to pay of the total because once Ontano Hydro delivered the power to the Halton Hills border Hills was still required to use Milton power lines to supply power to Quarry The cost over the past year totals about 150 he said Asked why it took five years to arrive at a settlement Mr said it was Hydros responsibility to answer that question Mr Sanford said when Ontano Hydro Commissions were being set up during the s not enough attention was given to the supply of power between utilities and which utility would be responsi for payment Mr said Ontario Hydro doesn t expect similar pro blems to anse 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