Peterborough Utilities announced Friday that within a month it will begin a $45-million solar farm construction project on about 140 acres just west of Peterborough which will be capable of producing renewable energy for about 1,500 homes each year.  President and CEO, Larry Doran said "We will be the first municipally-owned utility to build a solar farm in Ontario"  Click here for Peterborough Examiner article.

Horizn Utilities awards $26,000 Rebate cheque to Niagara Region for installing energy-efficient lighting at 3 facilities to reduce operatng costs and an Electricity Retrofit Incentive Program (ERIP) Gold Award for achievng peak demand electricity savings of 108 kilowatts as a result of the lighting retrofits. Click here for news release.

Toronto Hydro's Data Centre Incentive Program (DCIP) offers customers reward for reduction of electricity demand in their data centre operations through implementation of energy efficiency projects.  Click here for details.

GTAA Partners in Project Green report that IPEX Inc.'s lighting retrofit  at their Mississauga plant will cut energy costs and improve light quality.  Click here for article.

Bluewater Power today announced plans to establish a solar photovoltaic (PV) test facility to evaluate and compare performance of different types of solar power systems.  Click below for press release.

Horizon Utilities awards St. Joseph's Healthcare with $172,409 Electricity Retrofit Incentive Program (ERIP) cheque in recognition of the peak demad electricity savings of 732 kW. Click here for news release.

Hydro One investing in infrastructure improvements to its power distribution systems by investing approximately $8 million in infrastructure improvements to its power distribution system between Blue Mountain and Stayner this fall, as part of its overall plan to increase capacity to the Southern Georgian Bay area,   more than $1 million to improve service reliability and accommodate local growth for its customers in the Dundas and Ancaster areas,  and  more than $1 million in Kincardine, Huron, and Ashfield Townships and surrounding areas to improve service reliability