The Ontario government fired the starter's pistol today for thousands of homeowners, farmers, community cooperatives and energy developers eager to become generators of green power for the province.

Premier Dalton McGuinty formally launched the province's new feed-in tariff (FIT) program, through which electricity generated from the wind, sun, biomass and water can be sold into the grid at a premium - from as low as 10.3 cents for generating power from landfill gas to 80.2 cents for the electricity that comes from a small solar rooftop system.