On February 18, the
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Commission announced that it would add five new Casinos -- bringing the total to seven -- to its deal with
Bullfrog Power to provide 100 per cent green energy for its operations. According to the announcement, "The seven OLG facilities on green power will put over 26,000 MWh [MegaWatt hours]
annually back onto the grid, enough energy to power over 2,300 homes."
It was just the latest in a string of big announcements this year for Bullfrog, including a deal with the
Toronto Port Authority to power all of its Toronto waterfront operations and
one with Marz Homes that will see new houses be Bullfrog Powered at no cost to home buyers.
The green energy provider, founded in Toronto with 10 employees in 2005, has since quadrupled its workforce and now has four offices across the country, providing renewable power in six provinces, according to Bullfrog President Tom Heintzman.
Heintzman notes that, especially since the announcement of the
Tariff Feed-in program by the provincial government, Ontario has become a leader in growing renewable energy, not just in Canada but in the world. But Heintzman points out that his company shows it's not just a government job to clean our power consumption. "What we do is we're a voluntary program -- we encourage citizens to bring even more renewable power into the system," he says.
Writer: Edward Keenan
Sources: OLG, Bullfrog Power