The History of Positive Power
Details on the history of PPC's organization, people,
projects and funders, will be available for download soon.
Highlights
2007
- Hired new General Manager: Stacey Hare
2006
- Initiated sales of Community Bonds
- Community Bond Offering Statement completed
- Wind studies continued on Lake Erie project
- Investigated grid interconnection with Haldimand County Hydro
2005
- $3,000 in funding received from TD Friends of the Environment
for series of workshops in Burlington
- Formal business plan completed for Lake Erie project
- Second wind resource assessment completed
- Land agreements for both projects successfully negotiated
- Strategic planning and community investment offering initiated
2004
- First wind resource assessment in Flamborough completed;
data analysis begun
- $1800 Funding received from TD Friends of the Environment
for series of workshops in Haldimand and Hamilton
- Second wind resource assessment in Lake Erie initiated
- $10,000 in funding from Community Economic Development
and Technical Assistance Program obtained
- Formal business plan for Flamborough project completed
2003
- $30,000 in funding from Hamilton Community Foundation
received to complete bulk of wind resource assessment
- $6,000 from The Co-operators received for wind resource
assessment work
- Wind resource assessment tower erected over two weekends; Flamborough wind resource assessment begins
- Community education programs begins with Renewable Energy
Education Forum and series of planned workshops
- $150,000 in Ontario Trillium Foundation funding received;
full-time staff person hired
2002
- Ontario Sustainable Energy Association's Green Community
Workshop on need for local action
- Martin Ince, Jon Norman and Elizabeth Simmons founded
Positive Power Co-op for the Hamilton-Halton-Haldimand
region
- Initial co-operative business plan for construction
of a utility grade wind turbine developed
- PPC incorporated as co-operative without share capital,
with non-profit status
- Hamilton-Wentworth Stewardship Council provides $5,000
in seed funding to cover start of wind resource assessment
in Flamborough
- Anchors for wind resource assessment tower for Flamborough
project installed by PPC volunteers under guidance of
MK Ince and Associates