Parker Gallant makes a bold offer to Ontario Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli following news that the provinces electricity operator will pay industrial wind firms not to produce electricity.

September 9, 2013
The Honourable Bob Chiarelli, Minister of Energy,

Dear Minister Chiarelli:
It has come to my attention that the Independent Electricity System Operator will start paying industrial wind developers for not producing any electricity, starting on September 11, 2013. I understand that they could possibly receive as much as $200,000 per megawatt of installed power for not producing that electricity.
This leads me to believe that I could also be persuaded to not produce any electricity in order to obtain the benefits of that program. I would start small and perhaps not produce electricity for say 2 megawatts, which would mean a payment of $400,000 per year. In a few years I could expand and not produce electricity for, say…