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Ryan Bird Reports on Power Plant Announcement

Ryan Bird Reports on Power Plant Announcement
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The province has announced it's now looking for possible sites for a natural gas power plant in the southwestern part of the Greater Toronto Area.

The Energy and Infrastructure Minister has also announced that one of the most likely sites for a new plant is being taken off the table. George Smitherman told a news conference that the site of the former Lakeview Generating Station in Mississauga will never again house a power plant.

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Smitherman says he's directed the Ontario Power Authority to begin the bidding process for a combined-cycle natural gas power plant of about 850 megawatts in the area, although he wouldn't say where possible sites may be located.

Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion, who says she's happy the province has finally made a decision on the Lakeview site, was quick to point out that Oakville and Milton could be possible locations of a new power plant.


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