By Joanne Chianello, Ottawa Citizen, September 10, 2014
City council approved a last-minute request from Hydro Ottawa to halve the lease
rate charged to the utility in a three-year-old agreement regarding solar
panels. In 2011, council approved a deal to install large solar panels on the
rooftops of up to 20 of the city’s largest buildings. Hydro Ottawa, which is
wholly-owned by the city, was to pay the city 40 cents per square foot to lease
the roof space. But because the province’s so-called feed-in-tariff or FIT rates
have dropped, Hydro Ottawa was looking for a reduced lease rate of 20 cents per
square foot. via
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