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The gifts of nature (1986)
| Author | Ontario Hydro |
| Date | April 1986 |
| Classification | 3.02.0.00/02 (CANADA - GENERAL) |
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From the publication:
Foreword This booklet is designed to help you learn more about Ontario Hydro. It tells about the birth of the public power enterprise in the early years of the century, the steady expansion of Hydro in Ontario, and its plans for the future. Today, Ontario is the foremost industrial and agricultural province in Canada. More than one-third of all Canadians live in Ontario and its industries account for 50 per cent of Canada's total manufacturing output. By providing a reliable supply of low-cost electricity to the homes, farms, businesses and factories of the province, Ontario Hydro has assisted in our industrial and social progress. By keeping costs as low as possible, Hydro enables everyone, regardless of income, to make use of this precious energy source. The Latin motto of Ontario Hydro is "Dona Naturae Pro Populo Sunt", which means "the gifts of nature are for the people". For more than 80 years, dedicated people, both in Ontario Hydro and in more than 300 associated municipal utilities, have ensured that nature's gifts- water, uranium and fossil fuels - are harnessed to provide a sufficient supply of power to meet the needs of the people of Ontario. But these gifts cannot be squandered, and that is why Hydro emphasizes the careful use of electric energy through its customer service programs. Each day a new chapter in the Hydro story is written: on a coal-fired plant supplied by a procession of Great Lakes freighters ... on a nuclear power station rising on the shores of Lake Ontario ... in a research laboratory where scientists look for cleaner ways to burn fossil fuels ... by linemen repairing damage from a wind-felled tree. Each day, in a thousand different ways, Hydro staff members work to ensure continuous electrical service for more than 3.1 million customers. In an era of the computer, extra-high-voltage transmission, nuclear energy, environmental concern and wise energy use, many skills and talents are required for Hydro to maintain high standards of public service.
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