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Natural gas policy
(June 17, 2003) Toronto: Re NAFTA Lets The Gas Out of Canada (June 12) – Eric Reguly, in promoting the view that “Canada made the grave mistake of not figuring out its own energy needs before it handed the entire [natural gas] industry to NAFTA,” would have our politicians decide how much natural gas we should use. Continue reading
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Hydrogen: Running energy policy on hype
(Jun. 12, 2003) Californian Sam Leach knew that hydrogen was a winner. Near the time of the first Middle East Oil crisis in the early 1970s, Leach convinced gullible American investors to give him US$1-million on the strength of his claim that he had built a car that used ordinary water as a fuel. Continue reading
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Hydrogen: Running energy policy on hype
(June 12, 2003) Tom Adams looks at the “dream” of hydrogen technology. Continue reading
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Hydrogen: Running energy policy on hype
(June 12, 2003) Californian Sam Leach knew that hydrogen was a winner. Near the time of the first Middle East Oil crisis in the early 1970s, Leach convinced gullible American investors to give him US$1-million on the strength of his claim that he had built a car that used ordinary water as a fuel. His “invention” used electrolysis assisted by his secret catalyst. Continue reading
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Lepreau retrofit likely – response
(June 4, 2003) Before New Brunswick commits to a megaproject overhaul of the Point Lepreau nuclear reactor, take a look at the mess with AECL’s MAPLE reactor projects and the commercial disaster happening with the Ontario government’s Pickering A project. Continue reading
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Power-less Ontario
(May 29, 2003) On May 1, 2002, Ontario’s retail and wholesale electricity markets were opened to competition. Electricity charges were unbundled into seperate components (i.e., transmission charge, energy charge, distribution charge, ect.). Continue reading
Ontario cancels nuke exercise, blames SARS
(April 17, 2003) Blaming the spread of the nasty SARS respiratory virus, the Canadian province of Ontario recently postponed its long and quietly planned simulated nuclear emergency exercise at the 4,328 MW Pickering nuclear plant of Ontario Power Generation Inc. on Lake Ontario east of Toronto. Pickering is located about six miles east of the nearest boundary with Toronto. According to Ontario officials, a “full-scale provincial nuclear emergency exercise” was officially planned for Pickering on Tuesday, April 29. Continue reading
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Ontario hydro’s new planner
(March 29, 2003) Four years ago, the Ontario government established the Independent Electricity Market Operator (IMO) to arrange transactions between buyers and sellers of electricity. Continue reading
Mid-size firms join in hydro rate freeze
(March 22, 2003) The Ontario government has extended the price freeze for electricity to 7,000 mid-sized businesses, which will now pay a fixed price of 4.3 cents a kilowatt hour. Continue reading
Ontario extends power subsidy to larger users
(March 21, 2003) Toronto (Reuters): The Ontario’s government broadened the scope of its price cap on electricity use to include some bigger consumers on Friday, but it stopped short of an across-the-board subsidy. Continue reading
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