The town of Fort Frances continues to lobby against its municipally owned power corporation being forced into a merger arrangement.The Liberals have said it won't legislate any mergers, but there's industry concern government could implement measures forcing small utilities to join with larger ones.
Mayor Roy Avis, who attending a recent workshop in Ottawa, says Fort Frances power users are already enjoying the lowest electricity rates in the province and a merger with a utility such as Hydro One could lead to those rates going up.
Avis members of the Power Corp. have meetings planned with the Deputy Minister of Energy to discuss the issue.
