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\ â€" nin / 2 THE COLBORNE CHRONICLE â€" Thursday, August 21, 2003 â€"5 LocCcaL NEws into a new transformer that has been built were invited along with area fire chiefs, vides less conductivity, Mr. DeJong By Varerie MacDonato on the Pipeline Road site to feed into the â€" local politicians and the media. explained. vmacdonald@northumberlandtoday.com electrical grid. Mr. DeJong assured those present that That‘s because the whole system, The temporary, natural gasâ€"powered Mr. O‘Dwyer said it‘s amazing that the the loud gas line "purging" sound which . including the electrical lines, is all above generators north of Grafton have been _ facility was built in 56 days and that there . neighbours complained about a few weeks ground. A series of water tanks from a L. putting power into Ontario‘s electrical _ have only been a few glitches since it was â€" ago would not be heard again until the site brewery provides demineralized water grid since Friday at 3 a.m., says the Tranâ€" â€" turned on. When it first came onâ€"line only . is decommissioned. $ \ which is fed into the powerâ€"making proâ€" sCanada pipeline station operation‘s manâ€" _ four of the five units worked but by the With the system running, it emits a â€" cess to reduce emissions. i t ager, Dale O‘Dwyer. epd of Frl(jay they were all up and runâ€" sound equivalent to that made by night The only work outstanding on the site is "We‘ve been online continuously since _ Ming, he said. f insects. to winterize the units. This involves then," with the exception of about two The facility was dg51gned to _add 110,000 The huge gravel bed upon which the â€" installing a boiler to heat the air which hours on Saturday, he said during an megawatts to Ontario‘s electrical supply _ generators and turbines sit is "part of the . goes into the equipment. interview yesterday. anqg Iéal's topped lglit at 114,000bs0 ff\{l $ electrical safety system" because it proâ€" $ "It‘s been a really long weekend." Fhat is enough to power abou ;000 AfeApui en o0 L al 2P + 2oo on Cac oib esAE The facility is one of a handful conâ€" homes. f . w . 8 W k;’z,@!?‘;};' * f n " Â¥] tracted by the Ontario government to The Ontario government contracted uy 4 aemet® ol 4 v 3 bring additional, but temporary, power on TransCanada to supply emergency power _| â€" ___ _ _ _ Ni I fls nam o W to the system should there be a shortfall of Until the end of December, but should : f * P P f $ <allla s "? power as opposed to increased demand there be a need, the contract can be & § ‘@V» sls Wilaess .. during this summer‘s hot weather. extended until April, 2004, building project | snn on Fraray, bge ‘G fi â€" hoi \ $l. [ "It was to be a peaking plant," Mr. manager Dave DeJong said during last % t o Ahwinrll* s c 9 ‘N s fl O‘Dwyer said. week‘s open house. ‘fifé ... Wb( _ aPL ,f;';; @p )j ;>â€"~ d h# ) Instead, with the blackout that hit much _ The amount of money spent on just this es 0s P ol P _ of Ontario and many northern U.S. states OM€ installation â€" and the cost of the gg{ 4 G, ‘;kw "‘“i\w;~ ;@’;‘ B uts 1 Pan f e > ‘ last Thursday afternoon, the five units pow;ar_to taxgayerslwhen it is in use â€" is | ‘"#‘~ s _ U i oank." '.’"3 BR | == >‘ _ f f s _ that turn natural gas into electrical power _ NOt being made public. 7| oL M _ mss t 2wefm â€"â€"© [ 1 ie i â€" | have been pressedginto constant serV?CQ. 4 Ironically, Mr. DeJong and other Tranâ€" || |â€" faes fi%fi&-«*â€"*@k‘*fim :\d}f: i 15 | e 4 esn elciP _ * | "We expect to run through until (at ®Canada employees were in the midst of _| @il| pomenemeâ€" wemat mongne 4 M NB eakie) %‘ . least) Wednesday," Mr. O‘Dwyer added. holding a public open house last Thursday, . JÂ¥, ( ol n c E' inc: ut oi Mn sh d . That means bringing in more staff from . Showcasing their new emergency power .. Mess P i P L . . . . > other parts of the province to be on duty facilities â€"and how they were hooked . NE l e Sn‘ ~ _ _ _ e _ . .. ~. around the clock to work with the General _ into Ontario‘s power grid â€" when electricâ€" .. BM \ ooo i.: s Je . Om Electric crew from which TransCanada is â€" ity began to go out. ¢ wl A | uy _‘ l y4 WSlo y . leasing the generators and turbines transâ€" The open house was to show residents . MW""" + ym : . "ws stt y i\ . forming the natural gas into power. what the many transport trucks had been | 4. ~_. *@@@# _ . _ _0 _ enc y 4. From there electrical lines are hooked _ bauling to the site and to answer questions [ en M d they might still have. About 30 neighbours _ [FIVE GENERATORS LOCATED NORTH OF GRAFTON % Proto ev Tep Amsben TransCanada project manager Dave DeJong looks at one of five GE gas turbine generators that are part of the 110â€"megawatt Cobourg temporary power plant located on the grounds of TransCanada Pipelines stations north of Grafton. ESss e enc dE L OTe . O l ie e on Jn