A court ruling has forced the Ontario government to pay out $179-million to a handful of power producers. Some of the companies that will receive the payments include the Iroquois Falls and Cochrane Power Corporations amongst many others. Â Temiskaming-Cochrane MPP John Vanthof says this is the result of the government not following through with a previous commitment. Â Vanthof adds that we need to stop signing new power contracts and look at hydro system from the point of view of the people paying the bills not the investors.