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“I’ve never been a big fan of this particular project,” said Meaford Mayor Ross Kenter in a speech prior to a vote in which Meaford council opted 5-2 in favour of a controversial electricity storage proposal utilizing the waters of Georgian Bay. “But…I don’t think we’re really in a good position if (the project) does go ahead, and for that reason I think it’s very prudent of us to begin discussing the future with TCE (TC Energy).”Read more
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Officially, TC Energy’s electricity-storing megaproject—proposed for the 4th Canadian Division Training Centre on Department of National Defence (DND) land in Meaford—is called the Ontario Pumped Storage Project. TC Energy (TCE) promises the facility will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, create jobs and make Ontario’s electricity grid more efficient. Community groups, however, call it Ontario’s worst energy mistake and a threat to Georgian Bay.Read more
Press Releases
- 2024 08 08 Pump Storage Advisory Comittee (PSAC Requests Data from TC Energy for Proposed Pumped Storage Project
- 2024 06 04 Advocacy Group Receives Ontario Nature Award For Efforts To Protect Georgian Bay
- 2024 04 22 Meaford group calls on Defence Minister to halt work on energy scheme at contaminated army base
- 2024 03 24 Advocacy group seeks deferral of municipal support for TC Energy’s controversial pumped storage proposal
- 2024 02 26 Save Georgian Bay Press Release
- 2024 02 23 Media Alert Residents Urge Council to Give Citizens a Voice in TC Energy Proposal
- 2024 02 12 Press Release Another Vote Against TC Energy
- 2024 01 19 Press Release Ontario Minister Todd Smith Still Pumping For Energy Storage Megaproject That His Regulators Say Make No Economic Sense
- 2024 12 22 Press Release Ford Governments Massive 4B Energy Storage Project Deal Stinks Like the Greenbelt Scandal
- 2023 12 22 Press Release 4B Subsidy Included in Ford Governments Massive Energy Storage Project Deal
- 2023 12 20 Press Release Province Cancels Announcement of Controversial Energy Storage Project
- 2023 12 19 Press Release Township of The Archipelago and Town of the Blue Mountains Join Opposition to TC Energy Ontario Pumped Storage Project
- 2023 11 06 Save Georgian Bay Small Change Fund (SCF) Press Release