A 620MW gas-fired power plant, currently under construction, suffered an explosion killing at least 5 people.  The plant is located away from residential areas, approximately 25 kilometres from Hartford Connecticut.  The results would have been devastating if the plant was located within a residential community.

The Ontario Government and it's agency, OPA, have signed an agreement with TransCanada to built a 950MW gas-fired power plant a mere 400 metres from 2 Oakville residential communities.  The plant will be located on Royal Windsor Drive just past the dead-end on the North end of Maple Grove.

Residents of Oakville are now asking has the Province or its various agencies conducted or studied the effects of an accident or explosion from a residentialy located power plant.  How safe is a gas-fired plant located in a community setting ?  If this accident has occurred at the TransCanada site one could only image the possible death-toll.  Also located within a small radius are at least 4 schools with over 1,000 children attending.  Does this Province consider this an acceptable risk ?

We would also like to know how many gas-fired power plants are there in Canada and their proximity to residential communities ?  Does it make any sense located an industrial complex with such explosive capability in a residential community ?

Contact your elected officials today, asking for both a complete environmental assessment and safety assessment to ensure these risks have been fully explored to ensure we will not put our community at risk from uneccessary dangers. Text might include: "In light of the recent gas-fired power plant explosion in Connecticut, we are demanding a full safety & risk assessment be completed and all construction be put on hold until the assessment is complete and the community has been advised."

Here are a list of contacts to connect with to oppose the power plant.  Below is a link that will create an email for the majority of the contacts, and a second link for those that require a website link to email.

Sent a single email to the list by clicking here. (Note the list is comma separated.  If your email requires ";" or other separator, please change the "," before sending.

Suggest text of email:

Dear Premier McGuinty,

How did your government approve a power plant that is to be located in Oakviile, less than 400 metres to the closest home and less than 350 metres from the closest school.  We understand that for a wind turbine the setback distance approved by your government is significantly greater than 400 metres , yet a wind turbine does not generate the amount of noise, nor pollution the TransCanada gas fired power plant will generate in Oakville.

The proposed power plant is to be located in the Clarkson airshed, an area already studied by the Province of Ontario and determined to have pollution levels that are unacceptable now, without the burden of additional pollution sources, such as this power plant.

We are urging you and all levels of government to reconsider this decision and its impact on the health of our community.

Several people are not reachable via email and they are listed at the bottom of this list, with website links to contact.

Harold N. Kvisle
President and CEO
TransCanada Corporation
450 - 1 Street SW
Calgary AB T2P 5H1
Phone: 403-920-2000
Email: Hal_kvisle@transcanada.com
janna_laberge@transcanada.com (Harold's Associate)

Colin Andersen
Chief Executive Officer
Ontario Power Authority
Suite 1600, 120 Adelaide Street West
Toronto, ON M5H 1T1
Phone: 416-967-7474
Email : info@powerauthority.on.ca (general address)

Premier Dalton McGuinty
Legislative Building
Queen's Park
Toronto ON M7A 1A1
Phone: 416-325-1941
Email: dmcguinty.mpp@liberal.ola.org

John Gerretsen
Minister of the Environment
Ferguson Block, 11th Floor
77 Wellesley Street West
Toronto ON M7A2T5
Phone: 416-314-6790
Email: minister.moe@ontario.ca

Gerry Phillips
Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure
900 Bay Street, 4th Floor, Hearst Block
Toronto ON M7A 2E1
Phone: 416-297-6568
Email: gphillips.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org

Deb Matthews
Minister of Health and Long-Term Care
242 Piccadilly Street
London, Ontario N6A 1S4
Phone: 519-432-7339
Email: dmatthews.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org

Kevin Flynn, MPP - Oakville
Unit 2, 2330 Lakeshore Road West
Oakville ON L6L1H3
Phone: 905-827-5141
Email: kflynn.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org

Ted Chudleigh, MPP - Halton
Legislative Bldg, Rm 450
Queen's Park
Toronto ON M7A1A8
Phone: 416-325-5747
Email: ted_chudleigh@ontla.ola.org

Gary Carr
Regional Chair
Halton Regional Centre
1151 Bronte Road
Oakville ON L6M 3L1
Phone: 905-825-6115
Email: gary.carr@halton.ca

Mayor Rob Burton
Office of the Mayor
Town of Oakville
P.O. Box 310, 1225 Trafalgar Road
Oakville ON L6J 5A6
Phone: 905-338-4173
Email: mayor@oakville.ca

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Terrence Young, MP - Oakville
337 Kerr Street
Oakville ON L6K 3B7
Phone: 905-338-2008
Email: use form on website:
http://www.terenceyoung.com/terencemail.php

Chris Breen
Oakville Generating Station
TransCanada Pipelines Limited
8th Floor, 55 Yonge Street
Toronto ON M5E 1J4
Phone: 1.866.317.9887
Email: oakville@transcanada.com

Dave Mondragon
President and Chief Executive Officer
Ford Motor Company of Canada
The Canadian Road
Oakville, ON, L6J5E4
Phone: (905) 845-2511
website link for email: https://www.ford.ca/app/fo/en/customer_support/email_us.do

Alan R. Mulally
President and Chief Executive Officer
Ford Motor Company
One American Road
Dearborn, Michigan 48126 USA
website link for email: https://secure.ford.com/footer/contact-ford/contact-us-email?contactMainTopic=CommunityEnvironment