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How Ontario’s 1 per cent can do its share to reduce fuel poverty
(August 17, 2016) Ontario’s wealthiest residents can help lower electricity rates for everyone else.
Don’t show customers the cost of cap and trade, Ontario Energy Board tells utilities
(August 3, 2016) Rather than ensure the costs of Ontario’s cap and trade program are fully transparent to natural gas customers, the Ontario Energy Board has decided to lump them in with other delivery charges.
Why are Ontario’s hydro bills soaring?
(July 8, 2016) Ontario’s hydro bills have been increasing by double digits in recent years. Here’s why.
Posted in Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector
Tagged Brady Yauch, electricity, electricity rates, energy, Energy Probe, green energy, Hydro One, Ontario, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board, Ontario Power Authority, Renewable Energy, Toronto Hydro
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Ontario’s residential energy bills will continue to march higher
Provincial policies will push Ontario’s gas and hydro bills higher in the coming years. Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Energy Probe News, Natural Gas, Nuclear Power, Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Utility Reform
Tagged consumer policy institute, energy prices, Energy Probe, Green Energy Act, Hydro One, Ontario, Ontario energy, Ontario Energy Board
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Clearing the air
(May 19, 2016) Ontario’s Minister of Energy made a number of misleading and inaccurate statements on TVO’s “The Agenda”.
Posted in Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector
Tagged Brady Yauch, electricity, electricity rates, energy, Energy Probe, Green Energy Act, Ontario, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board
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Ontario climate change plan could spike hydro, natural gas rates
(May 17, 2016) $7-billion plan seeks to phase out natural gas.
Toronto Hydro customers face 18% rate hike in 2016
(April 21, 2016) Power bills for Toronto Hydro’s residential customers are set to increase by 18% in May compared to the same time last year.
Posted in Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Utility Reform
Tagged Brady Yauch, electricity, energy, Energy Probe, Ontario, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board, Toronto Hydro
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Ontario electricity rate increases continue to blow past inflation
(April 15, 2016) Ontario’s residential hydro customers will continue to use more of their paycheque to cover monthly hydro bills.
Queen’s Park the biggest winner with cap and trade
(March 23, 2016) Cap and trade will provide endless reasons for interest groups to lobby Queen’s Park for access to the many exemptions and potential political favours embedded in the legislation.
Getting Zapped: Ontario power prices increased at fastest rate in North America
(February 22, 2016) A new joint study by the Consumer Policy Institute and Energy Probe shows residential power prices in Ontario have increased at the fastest rate in North America.
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