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Eleven jobs lost in North Bay are the result of Premier Kathleen Wynne’s “war on natural gas,” Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli says.

Fedeli made the comment Tuesday after Atlantic Power Corporation announced it is closing its plant on Highway 11 North.

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Atlantic Power is also mothballing a plant in Kapuskasing after subsidiary Atlantic Power Limited Partnership agreed to terminate its power purchase agreements with the Ontario Electricity Financial Corporation for both plants. The agreements were scheduled to expire in December.

“Based on its assessment of the Ontario power market, including the estimated impact on plant economics, the company has begun the process of mothballing both plants,” the company stated in a media release.

“The company is committed to working with those employees affected by the decision.”