Hydro vs Coal: Facts at-a-glance

Ontario's incoming Liberal government promises to shut down the province's coal-fired generating stations by 2007, but skeptics say the province needs the power. In a report released Oct. 20, the Ontario Clean Air Alliance says the plan can work.

Some details:

Coal-fired generation capacity: 7,557 MW (about one-third of the total)

- - - New natural gas capacity: 2,921 MW

Sithe Energies: 1,695 MW (Possibly in service 2005-2007)

Brighton Beach: 578 MW (Under construction. In service 2004)

Portlands Energy Centre: 550 MW (Possibly in service 2006-2007)

Imperial Oil: 98 MW: (Under construction. In service 2004) Expected extra nuclear power: 2,055 MW

Pickering A Unit 4: 515 MW

Bruce A Unit 3: 770 MW

Bruce A Unit 4: 770 MW

Possible new hydro-electic generation: Up to 1,500 MW

Possible new wind generation: 3,000 MW

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