Pressure is building on Ontario’s Liberal government to recoup millions more from nine power plants caught filing up to $260 million in ineligible expenses, including staff car washes, parkas, scuba gear and raccoon traps. With only $168 million in repayment orders issued by the province’s Independent Electricity System Operator, opposition parties insist the remaining $92 million must be recovered. Factors in the settlement negotiations included disputes between the agency and companies as to how many expenses were ineligible, he added. “We thought the $260 million was extreme,” he said, referring to the figure in auditor general Bonnie Lysyk’s annual report issued Wednesday. The IESO decided the costs of litigation to recover more funds was not worth the financial risks, Young added.

Source: thestar December 07, 2017 21:11 UTC