Milton's Community Newspaper Since 1860 R EA L E ST AT E S PO0R TS See what's on King pleased with the market inside play in Open debut C O M M U N I T Y Terry Fox Run Urne again ww.rlütoncanadiachampion.com A etolndPblcaio VL14 N. 3 usdySet mbe 2 0644Pgs$ . 00 B incl ,, ~Another power plant proposed in Hornby GR.AHAM PAINS / CANADIAN CHAMPION GOING FOR A DRIVE: Mayor Gord Krantz (aI right) and special guest Walter Gretzky check out the newest addition to the Milton Fire Departments fleet, an ail-terrain, six-wheel-drive vehicle Ihat'Il serve as both a firefighting and rescue vehicle. The ATV was on display Friday at the annual Mayors Golf Tournamnent for the United Way of Milton, which raised more than $126,000. See more photos from the eAent in Champion Country on page Al 3. By Melanie Cummings SPECIAL TO THE CHAMPION Epcor is the latest energy company to bring its power plant proposai to tow. Details about the Auburn Energy Centre, a natural gas-fired system that would supply 600,000 area homes annually if ultimately approved by the Ontario Power Authority (OPA), were revealed duning an information presen- ration held at the Milton Leisure Centre -I hursday night. "Its really important tIsai we engage people, find out what they are thinking and set up something tbat is acceptable to tbemn and to our company," said Neil Levine, Epcors manager of public and government affairs. Six 75-foot-tait stacks rising out of a series of buildings would fill the skyline along 20 acres of industrially-zoned land ai Auburn Road and Eigbth Line. ht would be adjacent to the Hydro, One, Union Gas and Canadian Paci[ic Railway lines and be accessible to Hwy 401. The facility would work by pumping natural gas into the plant where it would be compressed, mixed wir.b air and injected into six combustion tur- bines. The steam and carbon dioxide created by combustion would pusb the turbine blades and rotate the machines that in turn would move a generator sbaft and create energy Most of the concerns raised by open bouse visitors focused on noise levels, potential impacts on the local water supply and pollution. bn response, Levine said that man-made ponds on site would eliminate Epcors dependen- cy on the municipal water system. According to, the company report, noise levels wouldn't exceed the Ontario guideline of 45 to 50 decibels (said te, be ai the same level as the noise generaîed from a typical living room). As for pollution concerns, natural gas emiis far lower levels of nitrogen oxide and sulphur dioxide than coal and oil-fired plants, Levine said, and proposed state-of-the-art combustors and emission monitoring systems are expected to protect thse surrounding air quality If approved, thse Epcor centre would take 15 montbs to build and become fully operational by 2009. TIse auto- mated plant would employ four people. Epcor operates six power plants in Ontario, including tIse Kingsbridge Wînd Power Project near Goderich. Ontario's population bas increased by over tbree million people in the past 20 years. TIse need for greater electrici- ty output is most pressing in the Toronto area. Thats wby thse OPA recently put oui a request for proposais for a local power plant. Epcor and five other companies qualified to, submit sucb proposais. see ELEC~rIICITY on page A2 Inad Todlayms Champion OPINION AIS DATELINE BUSINES A9 A10 CHAMPION couNTIy A13 Cx.ASSIFIED A22 wwwn-ltoncanadianchampion.com Unserts: FULL DISTRIBUTION - MARKS TARK WAREHTUSE PARTIAL DISTRIBUTION SLEEP FACTORY - COUNTRY SAPAI.- RONA AtARI & STRAsS FAUNDAT1AN - LIVINA ARTS SPART MART - RATALTAN FURNITURE - ETRAN ALLEN *BEST BUY - BUINESS DEPAT wwwmiltontoyota.com