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environment, farming, IESO, noise, Ottawa, Ottawa wind concerns, rural Ottawa, wind farm, wind power, wind turbine leases, wind turbines
April, 2026
With the IESO soon to launch its Long-Term 2-Request For Proposals window 2 which will include industrial wind power, it’s likely that rural Ottawa could see some proposals.
If you, or someone you know, has been approached by a wind power developer to sign a lease, it is important to learn all the facts about this transaction. It will affect you, your family, the future of your farm, your neighbours and your community for a very long time.
The best advice we’ve seen comes from the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) which has prepared a fact sheet on what to consider. Prepared by a farm owner with experience in wind turbine leases, it is a valuable document.
Read it here: https://ofa.on.ca/resources/agreements-for-renewable-energy-installations-on-your-land/
Your neighbours and your community at large will be affected, too. To learn more about the impacts of wind power installations, check out Wind Concerns Ontario’s Impacts page, here: https://www.windconcernsontario.ca/impacts-of-wind-energy/
Wind power developers can be very persuasive, telling you this power is desperately needed (it isn’t, it’s expensive and unreliable), you’ll make lots of money (you’ll lose a lot too), while helping the environment and climate change (false, wind power does nothing for either of these things).
The IESO is an independent agency, that is responsible for contracting for new power sources. They don’t care about agriculture, the environment or health or in fact YOU. It is your duty to be responsible in making any decisions that will result in impacts for 20, 40 even 50-60 years.
It’s not just about money.
For more information contact us at ottawawindconcerns@gmail.com
Ottawa Wind Concerns 
I will be sending this out to our Ottawa landowners Ill also include it in the OLA ENews for May 1st
Our OLA AGM is April 18 in Cobourg.
I’ll bring copies for people to read.
Perfect. Often the wind power developers are very persuasive, and they offer to have their lawyer review the contract—which makes no sense. Not a lot of lawyers are familiar with this type of contract which, as the lawyer Garth Manning QC once said, absolutely do not have your best interests in mind. Landowners need to know that once they sign the “Option”, that is also the contract.
A couple of years ago, we saw a contract that was only a few dozen pages but in it, ironically Clause 22, that said, once you sign the original “Option” document, you automatically sign the next document, which was well over 200 pages and had all kinds of requirements.
In yet another, the lease agreement said the power developer would put the turbines no closer than 300 m from the leaseholder’s home. Sounds ok, right? NO. That was a WAIVER that meant they could put a turbine 300 m from your home.
A great deal to consider here.
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