Mesa
contends
that
two
of
its
wind
projects
were
placed
at
competitive
disadvantage
for
20-year
power
purchase
contracts
against
NAFTA
free-trade
regulations.
The
complaint
comes
after
provincial
feed-in
tariff
(FIT)
administrator
Ontario
Power
Authority
made
“last-minute”
changes
to
rules
for
awarding
them
spelled
out
in
the
provincial
Green
Energy
Act
.
At
stake
were
contracts
that
will
pay
premium
rates
for
power
generated
from
renewable
energy
sources
in
the
Bruce
transmission
region
in
western
Ontario.
The
power
authority
last
month
imposed
a
rule
change
that
allowed
projects…