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Renewable Energy Tariffs in Canada
Federal
- Farmers Harvesting the Sun's Rays with FITs--Make conditions right, and renewable energy could become a profitable crop for food growers across Canada. . .
- Vision of Earth: Feed-in tariffs: A fitting policy for renewable energy--Development of renewable energy can actually lead to a reduction in total costs for the consumer. This can happen for instance when the demand for natural gas goes down because less of it is required for peaking power plants. This reduced demand lowers the price, which will lower the cost of heating a home in those areas that use natural gas for heating. The total effect of feed-in tariffs is usually very small, hardly noticeable on a monthly power bill. Some studies, such as this one for instance, show that electricity prices actually end up falling as a result of feed-in tariffs. . .
- World Future Council: Grading North American Feed-in Tariffs----How do existing North American feed-in tariff programs stand up to best practices worldwide? What programs are world-class?
What programs are laggards? What programs fail to make the grade
and are poor imitations of successful policies elsewhere?
These are all questions that need to be answered as policy makers
look for guidance on how to design programs that not only work,
but are also fair and equitable to ratepayers. . .
- Gipe Receives Canadian Wind Award for Feed-in Tariff Campaign--Long-time renewable energy advocate Paul Gipe was selected by the Canadian Wind Energy Association for its Individual Leadership Award at its 2009 conference in Toronto September 22. . .
- North American Feed-in Tariff Policies Take Off by Ben Block, WorldWatch--Clean energy advocates in Europe have long considered the feed-in tariff as an antidote to the industrial world's fossil fuel dependency. Now, the United States and Canada are starting to catch on as well. . .
- Feed-In Frenzy: A simple green tariff has transformed Germany. Why isn't Canada following suit? by Chris Turner
- CanWEA's WindVison 2025 Says FITs Best
- Allianced for Renewable Energy Launched: North American coalition promotes Renewable Energy Payments (REPs)
—the “World’s Most Effective Renewable Energy Policy”
- CLIMATE CHANGE: 100-Percent Renewables Not a Pipe Dream by Stephen Leahy, Kingston, Ontario, Jun 25, 2008, IPS News Service
- Feeding the Grid Renewably: Using Feed-in Tariffs to Capitalize on Renewable Energy--Primer by the Pembina Institute (2008)
- Feeding the Grid Renewably: How Feed-in Tariffs Maximize the Benefits of Renewable Energy--Fact Sheet by the Pembina Institute
- Globe & Mail: Lessons from Germany's energy renaissance
- Canada's Renewable Future: Going Beyond Kyoto--a presentation by Paul Gipe to the Canadian Auto Workers
- Canada's NDP Suggests Feed Law for Canadian Provinces
- The Power of Language: ARTs are not SOCs
The Manitoba Sustainable Energy Association is campaigning to use Advanced Renewable Tariffs for aswarding contracts under the Government of Manitoba's set aside of 50 MW for community renewable development. The set aside is part of Manitoba's call for a tender of 1,000 MW of new renewable generation.
- Globe & Mail: Nova Scotia to Consider Solar ComFIT--Solar was not included in the initial phase of ComFIT because the government figured it was too expensive. Now that solar-panel prices have dropped precipitously, the province will consider adding solar projects to the ComFIT mix, Minister of Energy Parker said. . .
- Nova Scotia: First Round of Successful Feed-in Tariff Applicants Announced--Five communities from across Nova Scotia are closer to enjoying the benefits of clean, green renewable electricity generated in their own backyards as the province announced the first approved Community Feed-In Tariff (COMFIT) projects. . .
- Nova Scotia Community Feed-in Tariffs To Launch September 19th--Highest Tariff for Small Wind in North America . . . World's Highest Tidal Tariff . . .
- The Coast: Feed-In Tariff troubles--Fixed rates for making green power generation profitable in Nova Scotia are about to come online, but do the new regulations promote the growth of a green energy industry or does it only benefit established producers? by Tim Bousquet
- Presentation by Paul Gipe Dalhousie University Library, March 16, 2011 on Bringing the Renewable Revolution to Nova Scotia
- SouWester: Small-scale tidal turbine tested--Fundy Tidal’s goal is to have at least one operation turbine in 2012, under the small-scale tidal community feed-in tariff being established in Nova Scotia. . .
- Nova Scotia's Proposed ComFIT Tariffs Circulated--Consultants to the Nova Scotia government have circulated their proposed tariffs under the province's Community Feed-in Tariff or ComFIT program. . . The proposed tariffs are striking in two regards: the specific prices suggested, and the technologies included. . .
- Nova Scotia Launches Feed-in Tariff Home Page--The program is divided into two streams - Community Feed-in Tariff (COMFIT) and a feed-in tariff for Developmental Tidal Arrays. Information on both programs is available below. . . The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board has scheduled a hearing on April 4, 2011, to determine feed-in tariff rates for Community Feed-in Tariffs related to renewable energy. The UARB has provided a timetable. People wanting formal standing at the April hearing must file notice of intention with the Board by Nov. 8, 2010. . .
- Nova Scotia To Launch Community-Based Feed-in Tariffs--As part of Nova Scotia's Renewable Electricity Plan announced today, the province in Eastern Canada will implement a series of feed-in tariffs for locally-owned projects. . .
- Feed-in tariffs are green light to community vitality in Nova Scotia--Renewable resources, such as wind and solar, are already found in our communities. This creates an opportunity for regular citizens to be players in renewable energy generation. Local control over resources enables communities to realize the renewable energy transition in a way that meets their values and objectives, while putting money back into the community. . .
- Nova Scotia Sustainable Electricity Alliance Forms--Nova Scotia's interest in developing a program of feed-in tariffs has led to the creation of the Nova Scotia Sustainable Electricity Alliance (NovaSEA) on March 2, 2010. . .
- Nova Scotia's Wheeler Report Recommends FITs--Nova Scotia may be finally able to aggressively develop renewable energy with the publication of a new, officially-sanctioned, report. . .
- Nova Scotia Power's Failed RFP System--The results from a series of RFPs or call for tenders in Nova Scotia are further evidence of the failure of this mechanism in developing renewable energy in a timely and responsible manner.
- Nova Scotia renewable energy policy seriously flawed by Neal Livingston
- Opportunity Awaits: Nova Scotia's Renewable Energy Policy & the Need for a Collaborative Strategy by the Nova Scotia Co-operative Council (2007)
- Nova Scotian Renewables Advocates Call for Feed-In Tariffs (2006)
Prince Edward Island
The Energy Act and regulations which will follow will require
utilities to acquire at least 15 per cent of their electrical energy
from renewables by 2010; allow for net metering for small renewable
energy systems and a guaranteed feed-in tariff for community, wind
cooperative and large systems; and restrict large-scale wind
developments to designated development areas.
PEI implemented its program in 2005 and now pays a simple tariff of $0.0775/kWh for renewable sources of generation. Contracts are for a period of 20 years and the tariff increases with 26% of inflation.
Minister of Energy Jamie Ballem adds that the PEI Energy
Corporation expects to issue a request for proposals for 30 megawatts
of wind in the spring of 2006, with the development to be in place the
following year. Islanders will have an opportunity to invest in the
development and share in its ownership.
Minister Ballem has also proposed a novel (for North America) royalty payment scheme to PEI landowners. Landowners with turbines receive 70% of royalties per turbine, those within 100 meters receive 20% of royalties per turbine, and those within 300 meters receive 10%.
At the time it was introduced, PEI's Energy Act was
called the most progressive renewable energy policy in North America. This title has now been taken by Ontario.
- $0.0775 CAD/kWh
- 20 year Contracts
- No Restrictions
- Program Review 5 yrs
- $0.02/kWh of Tariff Adjusted with Inflation
- Applies Only in Approved Wind Zones
Saskatchewan
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