The long-awaited resource documents for the new Request for Proposal (RFP) process for Large Renewable Procurement (LRP) were released this week.
Wind Concerns Ontario is again undertaking a review of the documents (the basic LRP/RFP is 100 pages long) but the following are changes from draft documents released last fall:
- the number of required public meetings is now one, not two (this was a request from the wind power industry)
- the requirement for consent from abutting landowners has been dropped to 75% from 100%
The point system for community engagement is also now known. The points for Rated Criteria are 80 points for community engagement and 20 for aboriginal interest. There are two levels of possible support from the Project Community – a Municipal support resolution or a Municipal Agreement. If there is an agreement but no support resolution, the proponent could get 40 of the 80 points. Failing that…
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