Jordan StevensonFor Port Hope MayorWesleyville on Port Hope's terms
If Port Hope hosts a generational energy project, Port Hope households should share directly in the benefit.
Jordan will fight for a staged annual rebate paid directly to eligible Port Hope households and funded through a binding Host Municipal Agreement. The first phase would begin during project development rather than forcing residents to wait until electricity generation begins many years from now.
Each stage replaces the previous stage. The amounts do not stack.
A benefit that grows with the project
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 $125 quarterly
Targeted before the end of the 2026-2030 council term
Funded through upfront host-agreement payments made while project planning, assessment and development work are underway.
Stage 2 · Major construction
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 $375 quarterly
The mature rebate would begin once electricity generation and long-term host-community funding are active.
These are annual maximum household targets. Final amounts would depend on the binding agreement, eligible population, funding secured and independent legal and financial review.
Paid directly to households
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.
Eligibility belongs to verified Port Hope residents and households, not to a meter, utility account, landlord or property.
Qualifying renters and homeowners would be treated equally under the same published rules.
An eligible resident who moves from one Port Hope address to another would keep their eligibility after updating their address.
The Energy Dividend is a direct rebate, not an electricity-bill credit.
A target tied to real 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.
A serious benefit, not an unfunded promise
No stage would begin until its first year of rebates, administration costs and a reserve covering the following 24 months had been funded or secured through enforceable financial protection.
The Energy Dividend would not replace project funding for roads, water, wastewater, stormwater, emergency readiness, municipal staffing, environmental work or other project-driven costs.
Port Hope would not borrow money, raise property taxes or drain municipal reserves to maintain the rebate if project funding stopped.
No binding agreement. No secured money. No rebate.
Built for the people who built Port Hope
The final program would use a clear residency baseline so the benefit recognizes people already rooted in Port Hope and does not become an incentive for short-term relocation that increases housing pressure.
A first phase within one council term
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.
Negotiate the Energy Dividend alongside, but separately accounted from, infrastructure contributions, emergency-readiness funding, municipal revenue and other community benefits.
Target the launch of the first fully funded stage of up to $500 per eligible household annually.
Increase the rebate only when the corresponding project milestone is reached and the larger funding obligation and reserve are secured.
My commitment
I will make a direct resident Energy Dividend a formal negotiating objective of any final Host Municipal Agreement I support. I will fight to launch the first fully funded phase before the end of the 2026-2030 council term, while protecting infrastructure funding, municipal revenue and Port Hope taxpayers.
This is the campaign's working formula and remains subject to final modelling and agreement terms.
Read the complete proposal
The full campaign document explains the cost benchmark, staged funding model, direct-rebate delivery, reserve requirements, eligibility principles and implementation safeguards.