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Letter to the editor 11 · Friday, April 23, 2010 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.oakvillebeaver.com Acceptance level a factor Continued from page 6 Mississauga? Having been home to a coalfired generating facility for 40 years, the residents of Mississauga demanded, and the Province agreed, another generating facility should not be placed in Lakeview. Given the population density and welldocumented poor air quality in Oakville/Mississauga/Etobicoke, why not place this power plant outside the southwest GTA? The Ontario Power Authority (OPA) considered this in its 2007 Integrated Power System Plan for Southwest GTA. It considered two sites. The most viable is Nanticoke. According to the OPA, the Nanticoke option is 5.8 per cent cheaper on a permegawatt basis than putting the power plant in Oakville. In this plan, the OPA gives the southwest GTA-sited power plant a better rating in the environmental category based on land use issues, not because of transmission losses as Mr. Cuddy suggests. Since all of the transmission right-of-ways are in place and the existing poor air quality in Oakville is not mentioned, this rating does not make sense. In the same plan, OPA gives the southwest GTA-sited power plant a better rating in the community acceptance category. Nanticoke is losing its coal-fired power plant in 2014 and wants a natural gas replacement. This is confirmed by the Mayor of Haldimand Marie Trainer. Given this, how could OPA state community acceptance for a power plant is higher in Oakville than it is in Nanticoke? We should not leave this decision to the experts, as Mr. Cuddy suggests. Forget the experts; the current Oakville location for the proposed 900 megawatt power plant fails the common sense test. Steve Mueller, Oakville Walter Used To Eat Frozen Dinners Alone We deal with you like few other insurance companies do. In person. Now he enjoys a varied menu and great company. ealtime was mostly a chore for Walter. Living alone, he would simply choose what was easiest to prepare and eat it in front of the TV. Nutrition was rarely a consideration. M At Chartwell, the chef changes the menu daily, so Walter not only gets to choose from a variety of balanced meals, but he enjoys them with a side-dish of laughter and conversation. Darryl R Demille Ins Agcy Ltd Andrew Heideman, Agent Darryl Demille CFP, Agent 2828 Kingsway Drive 2nd Floor 1226 White Oaks Boulevard Oakville, ON L6J 7M2 Oakville, ON L6H 2B9 Bus: 905-829-0018 Bus: 905-842-1020 www.andrewheideman.ca www.darryldemille.com Angelo Gualtieri, Agent 3040 Trafalgar Road Oakville, ON L6H 7B9 Bus: 905-257-7773 www.angelogualtieri.com Deborah E Bartucci, Agent 586 Argus Road, Suite 104 Oakville, ON L6J 3J3 Bus: 905-337-3276 www.deborahbartucci.ca Free Events: Saturday April 24 ­ 11:00 a.m. Brunch and Open House To find out more call Chartwell Stacey Sutherland, Agent 243 North Service Road W Oakville, ON L6M 3E5 Bus: 905-339-3276 www.insuranceinoakville.com Stephen Ostapchuk, Agent 802 Southdown Road, Suite C6 Mississauga, ON L5J 2Y4 Bus: 905-238-5643 www.stephenostapchuk.ca Daniel Durst, Agent 1500 Heritage Way, Suite 7 Oakville, ON L6M 3H4 Bus: 905-847-1898 www.danieldurst.com Classic Oakville at 905-257-0095 or visit www.chartwellreit.ca the retirement option of choice State Farm, Canadian Head Office, Aurora, Ontario