Ontario Sustainable Energy Association

6 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 2 nuclear baseload (about 50 percent of Ontario’s present baseload) to create Hydrogen mainly for transportation uses; a Provincial Forum to amend Regulation 98-12 which is impeding Geo-Exchange projects, leading to faster building net zero electrification; and to Community Net Metering regulations for Solar projects that could be expanded into larger sustainable community wide initiatives. History OSEA has built a reputation for credibility, technical analysis and consensus-building among stakeholders through its long history of advocacy to remove barriers to growth for the sustainable energy industry. OSEA has become an influential voice and advocate for both sustainable energy companies and Ontario’s ONTAR IO SUSTA INABLE ENERGY ASSOC I AT ION (OSEA) residents that support energy efficiency, climate mitigation and sustainable communities. OSEA has contributed to critical policies and milestone legislation affecting the sustainable energy industry in Ontario over the past two decades. For example, OSEA was instrumental in the development of Ontario’s Renewable Energy Standard Offer Program (RESOP) launched by the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) in 2006. As a founding member of the Green Energy Act Alliance in 2008, OSEA created a coalition – comprising farmers, First Nations, union workers and environmentalists – and played a pivotal role in the development of the Green Energy Act and Feed-in tariff (FIT) program launched in 2009. OSEA has been a longstanding champion of