Associated transformers
 35. (1) Subject to subsections (1.0.1) to (2), no person shall construct, install or expand a transformer substation that forms part of a renewable energy generation facility and that is capable of operating at a nominal voltage of 50 kV or more unless, (a) the transformer substation is constructed, installed or expanded with an acoustic barrier with a density of at least 20kg/m2
that breaks the line of sight with any noise receptors and is located at a distance of at least 500 metres from any noise receptors; or (b) the transformer substation is located at a distance of at least 1,000 metres from any noise receptors. O. Reg. 333/12, s. 11 (1). (1.0.1) Subsection (1) applies in respect of a noise receptor described in paragraph 4 of subsection 1 (4) only if the noise receptor is specified in the renewable energy approval. O. Reg. 333/12, s. 11 (1). (1.1) If a person proposes to construct, install or expand a transformer substation as part of a renewable energy generation facility, other than as part of a Class 4 or 5 wind facility, subsection (1) does not apply in respect of a noise receptor that did not exist on the day the person proposing to construct, install or expand the facility submitted an application for the issue of a renewable energy approval to the Director.  O. Reg. 521/10, s. 20. (1.2) If the person proposing to construct, install or expand the transformer substation as part of a Class 4 or 5 wind facility issued or published a notice of completion in respect of the renewable energy generation facility pursuant to Ontario Regulation 116/01 (Electricity Projects) made under the Environmental Assessment Act, subsection (1) does not apply in respect of a noise receptor that did not exist on the day on which the notice was issued or published. O. Reg. 333/12, s. 11 (2). (1.3) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of a noise receptor that did not exist on the day the person proposing to construct, install or expand the transformer substation as part of a Class 4 or 5 wind facility submitted an application for the issue of a renewable energy approval in respect of the renewable energy project. O. Reg. 333/12, s. 11 (2). (1.4) If the person proposing to construct, install or expand the transformer substation as part of a Class 4 or 5 wind facility has not yet submitted an application for the issue of a renewable energy approval in respect of a renewable energy project, has published or posted notice of a draft site plan in accordance with subclause 54.1 (c) (i) or (ii) and the following conditions are met, subsection (1) does not apply in respect of a noise receptor that did not exist on the day before the person first published or posted the notice of the draft site plan: 1. If the construction, installation or expansion is on private land, the person must have obtained property rights sufficient to permit the construction, installation or expansion of all of the transformer substation that is proposed to form part of the wind facility. 2. The person must submit an application for the issue of a renewable energy approval in respect of the renewable energy project within 18 months after the publication or posting of the notice. 3. The person must meet the requirements set out in section 54.1 in respect of each draft site plan that is made available. 4. If the person proposes to change the location of the transformer substation, the person must, within the 18-month period mentioned in paragraph 2, prepare an updated draft site plan and meet the requirements set out in section 54.1 in respect of each updated draft site plan. 5. If the notice of a draft site plan or updated draft site plan is published or posted after the day Ontario Regulation 333/12 made under the Act came into force, the person must prepare a draft report in accordance with the publication of the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change entitled “Noise Guidelines for Wind Farms”, dated October 2008, as amended from time to time and available from the Ministry and make the draft report available along with the draft site plan in accordance with clauses 54.1 (d) and (e). O. Reg. 333/12, s. 11 (2); O. Reg. 97/16, s. 13. (1.5) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of a noise receptor that did not exist on the day before the person proposing to construct, install or expand the transformer substation
as part of a Class 4 or 5 wind facility made the location of the proposed wind turbine available to the public by publishing the location in a newspaper or on the person’s website, if the person has a website, or by disclosing the location at a public meeting required to be held under section 16, if the following conditions are met: 1. The day the location information was made available to the public must have been a day before subsection 1 (1) of Ontario Regulation 521/10 made under the Act came into force. 2. The person must submit an application for the issue of a renewable energy approval in respect of the renewable energy project within six months after the day subsection 1 (1) of Ontario Regulation 521/10 made under the Act came into force or within a longer period of time as may have been specified by the Director. O. Reg. 333/12, s. 11 (2). (1.6) Revoked:  O. Reg. 333/12, s. 11 (2). (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if, as part of the application for the issue of a renewable energy approval in respect of the renewable energy generation facility, the applicant submits, (a) if the application is in respect of a wind facility, a report prepared in accordance with the publication of the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change entitled “Noise Guidelines for Wind farms” dated October 2008, as amended from time to time and available from the Ministry; or (b) if the application is in respect of a facility other than a wind facility, a noise study report prepared in accordance with Table 1.  O. Reg. 359/09, s. 35 (2); O. Reg. 97/16, s. 13.