Whatever ENERGY we use, someone will get PAID. Most of our electricity is generated by one of a few large companies, like Bruce Nuclear or Ontario Power Generation. Bruce Nuclear is a private firm, and the money that Ontarians pay to them goes to their shareholders. Ontario often needs to import power from our neighbor provinces and states, and in those cases Ontario tax dollars are paid to outside parties, and the money leaves Ontario.

INSTEAD of paying for imported electricity or paying corporate shareholders, the Green Energy and Green Economy Act enables us to pay ordinary Ontario citizens to produce clean electricity for us, while creating thousands of skilled, local jobs. The money stays in Ontario, and after being used to pay Ontario people, it gets spent again in Ontario to buy GROCERIES and other goods, and that same money typically gets spent and respent seven times before it leaves the province (for purchasing imported goods). This means that every $1 we spend buying electricity from an Ontarian actually creates $7 WORTH of in-province trade, and it stimulates the economy. Rather than giving the money away to big corporations or outside parties, we can spend it on ourselves, over and over again. That means that we can afford to pay slightly higher rates (up to 7 times higher) for the same electricity, if we pay it to Ontarians, and especially if those Ontarians are selling us electricity which they made with Ontario-made solar panels, or Ontario-made wind turbines.

An estimated 20,000 skilled, local jobs have already been created by the Green Energy and Green Economy Act. These jobs include Ontarians who are manufacturing things like solar panels and wind turbines, Ontarian contractors who are installing them, Ontarian consultants and safety inspectors who are supporting the process, and Ontarian land owners who sell us the electricity: all because every dollar we pay them for their electricity recycles itself over and over again in our economy, making more trade and making more jobs.

Whatever energy we use, someone will get paid. Most of our electricity is generated by one of a few large companies, like Bruce Nuclear or Ontario Power Generation. Bruce Nuclear is a private firm, and the money that Ontarians pay to them goes to their shareholders. Ontario often needs to import power from our neighbor provinces and states, and in those cases Ontario tax dollars are paid to outside parties, and the money leaves Ontario.

Instead of paying for imported electricity or paying corporate shareholders, the Green Energy and Green Economy Act enables us to pay ordinary Ontario citizens to produce clean electricity for us, while creating thousands of skilled, local jobs. The money stays in Ontario, and after being used to pay Ontario people, it gets spent again in Ontario to buy groceries and other goods, and that same money typically gets spent and respent seven times before it leaves the province (for purchasing imported goods). This means that every $1 we spend buying electricity from an Ontarian actually creates $7 worth of in-province trade, and it stimulates the economy. Rather than giving the money away to big corporations or outside parties, we can spend it on ourselves, over and over again. That means that we can afford to pay slightly higher rates (up to 7 times higher) for the same electricity, if we pay it to Ontarians, and especially if those Ontarians are selling us electricity which they made with Ontario-made solar panels, or Ontario-made wind turbines.

An estimated 20,000 skilled, local jobs have already been created by the Green Energy and Green Economy Act. These jobs include Ontarians who are manufacturing things like solar panels and wind turbines, Ontarian contractors who are installing them, Ontarian consultants and safety inspectors who are supporting the process, and Ontarian land owners who sell us the electricity: all because every dollar we pay them for their electricity recycles itself over and over again in our economy, making more trade and making more jobs.