Divided Power: Social Friction and Green Energy Development in Ontario Stephen Hill, Trent University Energy transitions There are competing legitimate rationalities of our energy future that stem from different ideas about community, the environment, and the economy Challenge: deploying energy infrastructure Community responses can often be negative toward new energy infrastructure. Societal and community expectations are ambiguous, locally contingent, irrational, and dynamic. A brief history of renewables in Ontario 2006: Renewable Energy Standard Offer Program (limited feed-in tariff for projects