Ontario’s government announced on Tuesday, October 8, 2013 its decision to implement 18 recommendations made by the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) and the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) for the siting of large energy infrastructure projects.

To read a digest of  the recommendations please click here

This announcement comes on the same day that Ontario’s Auditor-General released her Special Report on costs wasted in the cancellation of the proposed Oakville gas plant. (See our post Ontario Government Decision To Move Gas Plant May Cost More Than $675 Million: Auditor General)

Without any apparent sense of irony,  Minister of Energy,  Bob Chiarelli said of the announcement, ” We want to get these decisions right, and we are committed to ensuring communities have their say right from the start.”