Wesleyville on Port Hope's terms
The Port Hope Energy Dividend
Port Hope should host new nuclear. If the project proceeds here, Port Hope households should share directly in the benefit.
Jordan supports new nuclear development at Wesleyville. He will fight for a staged annual Energy Dividend paid directly to eligible Port Hope households and funded through a binding Host Municipal Agreement. The first phase would begin immediately when the agreement is signed and the required funding and reserve are secured, rather than waiting for major construction or electricity generation.
Each stage replaces the previous stage. The amounts do not stack.
Clear responsibilities
Safety belongs to independent regulation. Port Hope owns local readiness.
Filing nomination papers does not make any of us nuclear scientists. The mayor should ask hard questions, demand clear public answers and keep Port Hope prepared. The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission should decide whether the project meets nuclear safety and licensing requirements.
A benefit that grows with the project
Port Hope households should benefit as the project advances.
The Energy Dividend would increase as the project moves from development into major construction and eventual electricity generation. Each increase would require a binding funding commitment and money secured in advance.
Stage 1 · Development
Up to $500 per household each year
Up to $125 quarterly
Begins when the binding Host Municipal Agreement is signed and the required funding and reserve are secured
The first stage launches immediately after agreement signing, with the first year of rebates, administration and a 24-month reserve funded or secured in advance.
Stage 2 · Major construction
Up to $1,000 per household each year
Up to $250 quarterly
The rebate would increase when major construction begins and the project’s local economic and service impacts become substantially larger.
Stage 3 · Electricity generation
Up to $1,500 per household each year
Up to $375 quarterly
The mature rebate would begin once electricity generation and long-term host-community funding are active.
The plan in one view
A three-stage Energy Dividend
Port Hope should host new nuclear. If the project proceeds here, Port Hope households should share directly in the benefit.
Development
Up to $500 per household each year
Up to $125 quarterly
Major construction
Up to $1,000 per household each year
Up to $250 quarterly
Electricity generation
Up to $1,500 per household each year
Up to $375 quarterly
Jordan will fight for a staged annual Energy Dividend paid directly to eligible Port Hope households.
Paid directly to households
A visible benefit that residents can actually use.
These direct quarterly rebates would normally be paid by direct deposit. Mailed cheque or another accessible, no-fee payment method would be available for residents who need it.
Resident-based
Eligibility belongs to verified Port Hope residents and households, not to a meter, utility account, landlord or property.
Renters included
Qualifying renters and homeowners would be treated equally under the same published rules.
Portable within Port Hope
An eligible resident who moves from one Port Hope address to another would keep their eligibility after updating their address.
Residents receive a direct rebate, separate from electricity bills.
A target tied to real costs
The $1,500 mature benefit is tied to real household energy costs.
The generation-stage target is grounded in average residential electricity costs, translated into a simple per-person household formula and capped so the program remains predictable and financially manageable.
Working generation-stage formula
$600 per eligible adult, $300 per eligible dependent, to a maximum of $1,500 per household annually.
The development and construction stages use proportionately smaller versions of the same formula.
Fully funded from the start
The project funds the dividend and Port Hope's infrastructure.
Launch with full funding
Each stage begins with its first year of rebates, administration costs and a reserve covering the following 24 months funded or secured through enforceable financial protection.
Protect infrastructure funding
Project agreements fund the Energy Dividend separately from roads, water, wastewater, stormwater, emergency readiness, municipal staffing, environmental work and other project-driven costs.
Project-funded protection
Secured project funding and a 24-month reserve protect rebates without a property-tax, borrowing or municipal-reserve backstop.
Binding agreement. Secured funding. Protected reserve.
Built for the people who built Port Hope
Reward established residents while protecting housing supply.
A clear residency baseline will recognize people already rooted in Port Hope and protect the community from short-term relocation pressure.
- Renters and homeowners receive equal treatment.
- Eligibility follows the resident within Port Hope rather than attaching to a house.
- Final rules would include straightforward treatment of ordinary household changes and a meaningful appeal process.
Agreement-triggered launch
Launch the first stage when the agreement is signed.
First 100 days
Direct municipal staff and independent advisers to develop the legal, financial, eligibility and delivery model and establish the municipality’s complete host-agreement negotiating position.
Host-agreement negotiations
Negotiate the Energy Dividend alongside, but separately accounted from, infrastructure contributions, emergency-readiness funding, municipal revenue and other community benefits.
Host Municipal Agreement signing
Launch the first fully funded stage immediately, paying up to $500 per eligible household annually, once the agreement is signed and the first year of rebates, administration and the required 24-month reserve are secured.
As the project advances
Increase the rebate only when the corresponding project milestone is reached and the larger funding obligation and reserve are secured.
My commitment
Port Hope hosts it. Port Hope shares in it.
I support new nuclear development at Wesleyville. I will not support Port Hope signing a final Host Municipal Agreement unless it protects taxpayers and infrastructure, funds local readiness and includes a fully funded resident Energy Dividend consistent with the published staged plan. The first fully funded phase launches immediately when the agreement is signed and the required first-year funding and 24-month reserve are secured.
How the household formula scales
How the working household formula is calculated
- Development: $200 per eligible adult and $100 per eligible dependent, capped at $500 per household annually.
- Major construction: $400 per eligible adult and $200 per eligible dependent, capped at $1,000 per household annually.
- Generation: $600 per eligible adult and $300 per eligible dependent, capped at $1,500 per household annually.
Final modelling and agreement terms will confirm the household formula.
Read the complete proposal
The detailed Energy Dividend plan
The full campaign document explains the cost benchmark, staged funding model, direct-rebate delivery, reserve requirements, eligibility principles and implementation safeguards.
Official sources
- Municipality of Port Hope: Exploring New Nuclear
- Ontario Energy Board: Energy at a Glance 2024-2025
- Statistics Canada: 2021 Census Profile - Port Hope
- Impact Assessment Agency of Canada: New Nuclear at Wesleyville project registry
- Ontario Power Generation: Port Hope MOU and Wesleyville project overview
Sources last reviewed July 21, 2026.
* The Energy Dividend is a required term of the final Host Municipal Agreement Jordan will support. The first stage launches when the agreement is signed and the required first-year funding and 24-month reserve are secured. Final amounts and rules will be confirmed through project approvals, a binding agreement, independent review and public consultation.