Power Lines

About the show

Tune into 'Power Lines' with Ontario's Chief Energy Conservation Officer, Peter Love and Liza Fromer each month as they talk about energy conservation with interesting people across Ontario, Canada and around the world. Peter and Liza will explore how everyone from homeowners to industry can conserve electricity to help save money and the environment. Peter and Liza welcome your feedback. Leave them your comments at 1-800-842-4922.

Sunday, May 11 at 2:00pm

• Ken Elsey of the Canadian Energy Efficiency Alliance, discusses how appliance codes and standards work for Canadian homeowners.
  
• Aurora, Ontario Mayor Phyllis Morris, talks about the "Right to Dry" campaign and how it helped make Ontario a clothesline friendly province
  
• Dr. Frederick Gilbert, President and Vice-Chancellor of Lakehead University, talks about his institution's leadership in energy conservation
  
• Energy efficiency expert, Phil Ridge, talks about how he's turned his home into an energy conservation zone.
  
• Mike Russill, President and CEO of World Wildlife Fund, talks about Ontario's response to Earth Hour

Peter Love
Peter Love was appointed Ontario's first Chief Energy Conservation Officer in April 2005 to head the Conservation Bureau, a division of the Ontario Power Authority.  The mandate of the Conservation Bureau is to provide leadership in electricity conservation and demand management and advance a conservation culture in Ontario. Peter has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in the area of energy efficiency.  As the Executive Director of the Canadian Energy Efficiency Alliance, he was a leading advocate for energy efficiency and its related benefits to the economy and the environment. No stranger to the concept of a "cultural shift" in the Province, early in his career Peter worked as a project coordinator for Pollution Probe with the team that developed the concept "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle".

Liza Fromer
Known for her wit, charm, and engaging personality, Liza Fromer is a widely respected broadcast journalist who spent five years as the über-popular co-host of CityTV's Breakfast Television before joining SLICE^TM as dreamweaver for The List. She was also a columnist for TV Guide Canada.
 

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