,, 4 ONTARIO 



THE HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER COMMISSION OF ON I \l<l<> 



The Hydro-Electric Power Commission was appointed in May, 

 1906, by the Provincial Legislature of the Province of Ont.u 



undertake the development, generation, transmission and distri- 



v at cost to various municipalities through- 



..iit the Province. This action on the part of tin- Legislature wafl 

 inspired by representatives of a number of municipalities the latter 

 desiring to share the hern-tits which might be derived from the em- 

 ployment f the vast amount of available ludraulic power existing 

 within the confines of the Province. 



The necessary capital to finance this scheme was furnished by 



tlu- 1 The municipalities purchase power at rates which 



tlu- actual cost of power, interest and sinking fund charges 



on the transmission and distributing -\-tem. and operation and 



maintenance expenses. The project itself will never become a direct 



upon the people or the municipalities which have contr 

 with the Commission for power. The Government ha- n 

 agreed to finance the scheme and receives in re-turn a fair rat 



CM on its investment. The entire capital expenditure will 

 eventually be recovered through the sinking fund charges, and after 

 this is returned to the Government the municipalities will nominally 

 own the transmission system. 



The Commission has constructed and is at present operatic 

 miles of no,OOO volt transmission line and approximate!} 

 miles ..f I^.JOQ, 6,600, and 2,200 volt distributing line in the Xi.v. 

 District, as well as a 22,OOO volt transmission line supplying the 

 municipalities of Midland and PenetanguUhcne and known as tlu 



rn System. The Cities of Ottawa and Port Arthur are aK, , 

 supplied with energy by the Commissi, m. while a transmission line 



een Morrisburg and Prescott, to be known as the St. Lawrence 

 System, is at present under construction. The Niagara System (the 

 first constructed) comprises u high trn-ion transforming stations 

 and 39 municipal low tension transforming stations. Additional 

 transmitting and distributing lines arc to be constructed as soon 93 

 the necessary contracts have been made. \dditioiis will also be 

 made to the other lin 



The project has been successful since its inception, and the 

 Commission, as the Municipal Trustees of this provincial transmit- 

 ting and distributing system, is now supplying energy at cost to 

 between thirty and forty municipalities in different parts of the 

 Province at rates varying from $15.00 to $50.00 per h.p. per year. 



