🇨🇦 Canada · 2013 · 🙈 Never used
Two gas-fired plants, one in Oakville, one in Mississauga. Neither got built where planned. What did cancelling cost?
💸 Guess, then reveal the price
C$1.1 billion estimated cost of cancelling
The cheapest power plant is the one you don’t build. Unless you cancel it.
What actually happened
Ontario’s auditor general estimated in 2013 that relocating the Oakville and Mississauga gas plants could cost ratepayers and taxpayers up to about $1.1 billion, far more than earlier government estimates.
Source: CTV News ↗ · Amount in original currency, not adjusted for inflation. An unusual cost is not automatically waste; see how we check the facts.