With 15,000 applications received by June, the Ontario Power Authority is struggling to process approvals for solar power generation. That, in turn is slowing down credit approvals and equipment sales
by MARY BAXTER
In April, Joe Botscheller was pouring a concrete foundation on his 50-acre Simcoe-area farm for adual axis tracking solar system. Two months later, the former tobacco grower was confident his system would soon obtain final approval from the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) to sell green power to the province’s electricity grid.