The Ontario Power Authority has awarded 40 new Feed-In Tariff contracts for more than 872 megawatts of renewable energy, following the completion of the second phase of its Transmission Availability Test and the Distribution Availability Test .

Applicants who were not awarded contracts because transmission capacity is not currently available have been added to the priority ranking list and will proceed to the Economic Connection (viability of grid expansion).Test

The OPA expects shortly to begin awarding phase three contracts for capacity allocation exempt projects (under 500 kilowatts).