What Premier McGuinty should do:

1. Direct the Independent Electricity System Operator/Ontario Power Authority (OPA) to pay Ontario consumers to shift their demands from peak to off-peak periods on smog alert days in order to minimize or completely eliminate the need to import coal-fired electricity from the U.S.A. This will keep our electricity consumers’ dollars in Ontario, reduce electricity spot prices, reduce electricity bills and reduce air pollution in Ontario from the U.S.A.

2. Direct the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) to establish the following conservation and energy efficiency budget targets for Ontario’s electric utilities (e.g., Hydro One, PowerStream): 1%, 2% and 3% of their total revenues in 2007, 2008 and 2009 respectively.

3. Direct Hydro One to launch a pilot project to rent at least 5,000 hybrid solar/electric water heaters by December 31, 2007.

4. Direct Hydro One to launch a pilot project to rent at least 500 geothermal heat pumps by December 31, 2007.

5. Direct the OEB to direct Enbridge Gas Distribution and Union Gas to implement electric-to-gas fuel switching programs (space heating, water heating, cooking and drying) that will reduce Ontario’s electrical load by 1,500 megawatts between 2006 and 2010.

6. Direct the OEB to establish the following conservation and energy efficiency budget targets for Enbridge Gas Distribution and Union Gas: 2% and 3% of their total revenues by 2007 and 2008 respectively.

7. Direct the OPA to procure at least 1,200 megawatts per year of new Made-in-Ontario renewable electricity supply during each of the next five years.

8. Direct the OPA to procure at least 1,000 megawatts per year of new combined heat and power electricity generation capacity during each of the next five years.

9. Exempt all new combined heat and power projects from the 0.7 cents per kWh nuclear debt retirement charge.

10. Direct the OPA to obtain 500 megawatts of new supply in downtown Toronto from one or more combined heat and power plants. The heat from these combined heat and power plants should be used by Enwave Energy Corporation’s existing district heating system for downtown Toronto and/or by new state-of-the-art district energy (heating and cooling) systems for the new Toronto Waterfront Community, the West Don Lands and/or the Regent Park Redevelopment.

11. Direct the OPA to aggressively pursue base-load water power imports from Manitoba, Quebec and Labrador.

12. Direct the OPA to develop a long-term strategy to achieve the following objectives, to the fullest extent practical:

-Raise the price of electricity up to its full cost without raising the electricity bills of low income consumers or impairing the competitiveness of Ontario’s industries; and

-Raise Ontario’s electricity productivity (GDP per kWh) up to New York State’s level, which is currently 2.3 times higher than Ontario’s.