Grey says councils should be able to veto turbines

Grey says councils should be able to veto turbines | Local | News | Owen Sound Sun Times:

Grey County is calling on the province to arm municipalities with the right to veto new wind turbine projects proposed for within their boundaries.
Introduced by Hanover Deputy-mayor Bob White, the amendment to a motion asks the provincial government to give municipalities that have declared themselves as “unwilling hosts” for wind farm projects the authority to deny the proposal through the passage of a bylaw or the power of veto.
“I just thought this would make it straightforward that no means no,” he said in an interview Tuesday after the motion was approved.
Dozens of municipal councils in Ontario, including in Saugeen Shores and Georgian Bluffs, have declared themselves as unwilling hosts for turbines after Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne said in her Throne Speech that her government will not force the developments on communities that are not willing hosts.

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Carmen Krogh, Beth Harrington and Barbara Harrington recently wrote to the government "Restoring individual and community rights: Approval process for large wind and solar projects," noting in their communication:

“… as set out in s. 47.5 of the EPA, the Director may either issue or refuse to issue a renewable energy approval, depending on whether in his or her opinion it is in the public interest to do so. The Director has the power to impose terms and conditions on the renewable energy approval under s. 47.5(2). The Director has additional powers under s. 47.5(3). If in his or her opinion it is in the public interest to do so, theDirector may do any of the following:

(a) alter the terms and conditions of a renewable energy approval after it is issued;
(b) impose new terms and conditions on a renewable energy approval; or
(c) suspend or revoke a renewable energy approval.”

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