The government of Ontario announced two new initiatives of interest in June:
The Industrial Electricity Incentive program – which is expected by January 2013 to allow new and expanding industrial companies to qualify for a reduced electricity rate if they create new jobs and bring new investment to Ontario. For details visit news.ontario.ca/mei/en and scroll to June 12. or see ontario
As part of its Clean Energy Economic Development Strategy, the government has created the Clean Energy Institute in partnership with MaRS. On June 8, more than 200 clean energy experts met at the MaRS Future of Energy Summit to exchange ideas about how to leverage Ontario's clean energy expertise to global markets and create jobs. The summit focused on a number of areas including designing the grid of the future and featured a showcase of smart grid innovators including a number of Ontario Smart Grid Fund recipients. For details visit news.ontario.ca/mei/en and scroll to June 8. or See ontario.ca
— Langford eBulletin, July 2012