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Index of Subjects A message from "Doyle, Tim" <Tim.Doyle@freedom55financial.com> to Sustainable Maritimes (sust-mar) subscribers. As a follow up on Larry Hughes e-mail: The state attorney general of New York is launching a lawsuit against Canada and the province of Ontario for burning coal for energy and polluting the air in New York. The outcome will no doubt leave a new set of regulations in place and could open the door for a whole new series of environmental law challenges between both sides. Tim Doyle -----Original Message----- From: Larry Hughes [mailto:lhughes2@dal.ca] Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2003 9:02 AM To: Sustainable Maritimes Subject: sust-mar: Emera's AGM A message from Larry Hughes <lhughes2@dal.ca> to Sustainable Maritimes (sust-mar) subscribers. Emera is the 'parent' company of NSPower. They held their most recent AGM in Halifax on 24 April. David Mann, president of Emera, made several interesting points: - NSP will be installing a third wind turbine somewhere along the coast later this year [Blandford is what has been suggested]. Possibly > 1 MW. - NSP wants to have a "portfolio" of energy options [they already do, but this appeared to be lost on Mann]. They also want to be more "energy efficient" -- how is unclear [see below]. - NSP wants to have third-party companies/organizations generate up to 2% of its electricity. They are either "looking for" or are "negotiating with" these parties [unclear from what Mann said at the time]. The 2% is the 'limit' that will be 'imposed' by the government in its new energy act. This is in keeping with our belief that NSP wants to avoid renewables at all costs [or live with them at minimal inconvenience]. - From my exchange with Mann during the shareholders' question session, it is clear that NSP has no interest in co-generation unless 'policy' is in place. In other words, they want to be forced into adopting co-gen, at which point they can demand subsidies from the government. It would appear the NSP can defy the laws of thermodynamics -- Tufts Cove produces no waste heat according to Mann! The argument that this would reduce GHG emissions and be a revenue stream for Emera was lost on him. Larry. Larry Hughes, PhD Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3J 2X4, Canada v: 902.494.3950 f: 902.422.7535 e: larry.hughes@dal.ca u: http://www.dal.ca/~lhughes2 If a friend forwarded this email to you, please consider joining sust-mar yourself. Just send 'subscribe sust-mar' to mailto:majordomo@chebucto.ca If a friend forwarded this email to you, please consider joining sust-mar yourself. Just send 'subscribe sust-mar' to mailto:majordomo@chebucto.ca
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