From: Eve Wyatt

Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2020 4:51 PM

Subject: Fwd: Municipal resolution re: phasing-out Ontario’s gas-fired power plants

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Hello Mr. Colucci,

I am contacting you due to the City of Windsor's long history of concern about climate change, as reflected recently in the City's declaration of a Climate Emergency and progress in the milestones of the Partners for Climate Protection program.

The Government of Ontario is planning to increase use of our gas-fired power plants, ramping up greenhouse gas pollution by more than 300% by 2025 and by more than 400% by 2040.

If this occurs, Ontario will lose 35% of the GHG pollution reduction benefits that we achieved by phasing-out our dirty coal-fired power plants. The Provincial commitment to mitigate climate change by reducing GHG's will be out of reach. Municipal and individual efforts across the province to reduce GHGs through electrification and development of distributed renewable energy will be undermined by continued central gas-fired power generation.

Fortunately, there is a better way to keep our lights on. We can meet our 2030 climate target and lower our electricity bills by phasing-out our gas plants by a combination of energy efficiency investments, Quebec water power and Made-in-Ontario wind and solar energy. This provides more detail on the plan, and the alternatives.

Our by 2030 has been endorsed by over 45 organizations including the David Suzuki Foundation, the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario and Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment.

Capping GHG emissions and then phasing out gas-fired power plants will benefit municipalities. It will:

• create the opportunity for local, distributed renewable power generation projects, with the employment and community benefits that they bring.

• help to prevent the climate-related impacts (fires, flooding, weather events, climate-related health impacts) that are an ever-increasing burden for municipalities and citizens.

• provide GHG-free electricity to feed municipal and community GHG reduction projects

• equip your region to compete in the green economy of the future.

The City of Kitchener and Town of Halton Hills were the first to pass resolutions on October 26 calling for the Province of Ontario to move toward phasing out gas-fired power plants. We are hoping that the City of Windsor will join them. This draft resolution is a place to start.