{"id":1152,"date":"2006-09-18T15:37:40","date_gmt":"2006-09-18T19:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=1152"},"modified":"2006-09-18T15:37:40","modified_gmt":"2006-09-18T19:37:40","slug":"power-plant-plans-finalized-for-port-lands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/09\/18\/power-plant-plans-finalized-for-port-lands\/","title":{"rendered":"Power plant plans finalized for port lands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.portlandsenergycentre.com\/images\/Portlands_top.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The <em>CBC<\/em> is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/canada\/toronto\/story\/2006\/09\/18\/portlands-power.html\">reporting<\/a> that Mayor David Miller and residents near the port lands have lost their battle to stop the construction of a new power plant in the area.<\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<blockquote><p>The Ontario Power Authority inked a deal last week to purchase power from the Portlands Energy Centre, which will see the construction of a 550-megawatt gas-fired generating station on the shore of Lake Ontario.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p align=\"left\">The plant&#8217;s construction is meant to stop the oft-quoted threat of &#8220;rolling blackouts&#8221; by 2008. The mayor and residents had hoped for a smaller, greener energy centre, but, as is often the case with waterfront revitalization, it was not meant to be.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><em>Rendering from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.portlandsenergycentre.com\/\">Portlands Energy Centre<\/a> website. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CBC is reporting that Mayor David Miller and residents near the port lands have lost their battle to stop the construction of a new power plant in the area. 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