Ontario. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on Energy (1985-1986)

• Select Committee on Energy

Select Committees are ad-hoc committees of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario with specific terms of reference to investigate and report on a specific issue. This committee was established July 10, 1985 and was chaired by Philip Andrewes. As a result of the committee's work, several bills were introduced but only one, the Energy Efficiency Act, 1987 (Bill 82) was passed.

The recommendations of this committee were endorsed by its successor, the Select Committee on Energy (1988-1989), which urged the government to implement them.

The Select Committee on Energy investigated the need for additional power output, alternatives offered by conservation and new technologies, and the general role that would be played by nuclear power in the province. This select committee of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario was struck in response to petitions and letters of complaint in reaction to plans for the expansion of the Darlington Nuclear Power Station.

The committee issued two reports: Report on Darlington Nuclear Generating Station and Final Report on Toward a Balanced Electricity System.

This committee was appointed on the recommendation of Hon. Robert F. Nixon, Treasurer of Ontario, Minister of Economics and Minister of Revenue.

RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

Sage, Richard; Weir, Aileen. Select Committees of the Assemblies of the Provinces of Upper Canada, Canada and Ontario, 1792-1991: A Checklist of Reports. Toronto: Ontario Legislative Library, 1992.

Canadiana name authorities, 1996-12- 24

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