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Ontario Celebrates Waterpower Day on June 20th
Renewed investment could support 5,000 jobs
June 17, 2020 – Wawa - Did you know, we are a Waterpower Champion! Waterpower has historically been, and continues to be, an important part of our community. Join us on June 20th as we support and celebrate Waterpower Day in Ontario. Find out more here.
There are 224 waterpower facilities across the province responsible for one quarter of Ontario’s electricity supply. Waterpower provides some of the lowest cost and most reliable electricity and is the single largest source of resource royalties to the Consolidated Revenue Fund. According to recent analysis, with improved long-term investment confidence, the industry could be expected to invest more than $2.5 Billion in existing Ontario waterpower assets over the next five (5) years, supporting almost five thousand jobs annually.
Earlier this year MPP Michael Mantha introduced a Private Members Bill to proclaim June 20th as Waterpower Day, noting that “Ontario and its residents have benefitted from more than a century of affordable, reliable and sustainable waterpower and that waterpower has created, and continues to create, social, political, environmental, economic and technological benefits for those residing in Ontario.” This added a provincial voice to the dozens of communities who have become local “Waterpower Champions.”
“Celebrate Waterpower Day”
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