‘We send a representative to the SCRCA to represent the community’
It may be tough to bring down the power bills at the Brooke-Alvinston-Inwood Arena.
For the first time, the municipality had a bill of over $11,000 in a month. Public Works Manager Randy Hills says it is a reflection of the Christmas time use of the arena and community centre and the rising cost of power.
The municipality had an energy audit completed, hoping to invest some money through energy conservation projects.
But Hills says the investment would not pay – at least not for a long time. Hills says the payback on replacing all the lights with energy-efficient LEDs would take 11 years. “There is another light…that is coming out that is lower in wattage,” he recently told council. “It’s supposed to drop the payback to six or seven years.”
“For the ice surface, for example, the lights are only on 2,000 hours a year, that’s just not enough to get a fast payback.”
Hills says the town staff is hoping to find some better options saying they need to find an alternative to the current state of affairs.
“The last hydro bills were pretty high…and I don’t see them going down much.”
NEXT
County sets aside cash for fiber optic Internet plan
PREVIOUS
Mounties to ride into Alvinston rain or shine
Front Page
‘We send a representative to the SCRCA to represent the community’
October 17, 2025
Heather Wright/The Independent Plympton-Wyoming is balking at new rules which force St. Clair Region Conservation Authority Board members to step away from some hearings. Sept. 23, the board of directors, which is mostly made up of municipal politicians, updated its rules for hearings. In rare circumstances, residents appeal a decision made by conservation staff on planning matters. In the last
Read More
Front Page
Curling club gets grant but not requested loan
October 17, 2025
Heather Wright/The Independent The Forest Curling Club will be getting $112,000 from Lambton Shores. But whether it gets a loan to help kick-start the renovation project at the arena has yet to be seen. The arena needs to replace its ice making plant. The plan is to build it on a fenced, concrete pad outside of the rink. The club
Read More
Front Page
Last call at ‘The Bal’
October 17, 2025
Historic Point Edward tavern demolished Cathy Dobson/The Independent Tyler Yates, co-owner of Point Edward’s historic Balmoral Tavern, says he takes the significance of the building seriously. But it no longer met the village’s property standards and had to be demolished, he said. “I understand a lot of people spent a lot of time there,” Yates said of the 160-year-old watering
Read More
Front Page
Busy Ipperwash Beach needs life-saving equipment
October 17, 2025
Heather Wright/The Independent Shelley Herman says Ipperwash Beach is busier than ever and it is time for Lambton Shores to invest in more services. Herman, the head of the Central Ipperwash Community Association, said the services at the beach have not kept up with the number of people arriving. And it’s causing safety concerns. There were two drowning at the
Read More