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Waterloo seeks hydro bill hike
(September 29, 2010) WATERLOO — Electric bills in Waterloo, already the highest in the region, are poised to rise higher. City council’s electric utility is seeking to hike its delivery charge 18.5 per cent next May, in part to continue pouring millions in profits into city coffers. Continue reading
A Liberal power surge: Blizzard
The two biggest issues in next year’s election will be the HST and the price of electricity.
As consumers open their hydro bills this month, they’re getting sticker shock from the extra 8% the HST has added.
Last week, both Opposition parties were hammering at the Liberals for other sneaky costs that have been quietly added to their already ballooning bills.
Andrea Horwath and the New Democrats were especially effective.
Horizon seeks hefty hike
Horizon Utilities, which distributes power in the two cities, is asking the provincial regulator to increase the distribution charge for power by almost 12 per cent effective January. And the utility says there will need to more increases in the future.
At the same time, provincial NDP leader Andrea Horwath has started a campaign to cut bills by getting the provincial government to remove its portion of the new Harmonized Sales Tax.
Zap! Your hydro bill's going up
The Ontario Energy Board thinks you’re not paying enough for hydro so it’s yanking another $60 out of your wallet.
Ontario hydro ratepayers — already hammered by the HST, time-of-use pricing and rate hikes — will pay an added $240 million a year, the Ontario NDP says.
Officials at the provincial crown agency — whose salaries are paid for through hydro bills — decided earlier this year that utilities should be able to boost their rate of return to 9.85% from 8.39%.
Horizon seeks hefty hike
(Sept. 28) Lawrence Solomon, executive director of Energy Probe, says these hikes are only the first of many to come if the government doesn’t drop its plan to close down coal-fired generating stations in favour of expensive wind and solar projects. Continue reading
A Liberal power surge: Blizzard
(Sept. 25) The root of Ontario’s ever-escalating fuel is the government’s “obsession to prematurely retire Ontario’s coal plants,” says Energy Probe’s executive director Lawrence Solomon. Continue reading
Lawrence Solomon: Radiation’s benefits
(Sept. 25) Will a gamma ray a day keep the doctor away? A new book says low-level radiation may prevent cancer. Continue reading
Radiation’s benefits
(September 25, 2010) Will a gamma ray a day keep the doctor away? A new book says low-level radiation may prevent cancer. Continue reading
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Zap! Your hydro bill’s going up
(Sept. 23) Ontario’s already higher hydro bills will double or triple within the next couple of years unless the McGuinty government stops overpaying for wind and solar and rethinks its pledge to abandon cheap, efficient coal plants, says Lawrence Solomon, executive director of Energy Probe. Continue reading
Denmark’s famed wind industry nothing but hot air
Few countries capture the imagination of wind power enthusiasts better than Denmark. Supporters of wind power simply point to the statistics, which paint the country as a model “green” economy where wind mills supply 20% of its electricity, while supporting a thriving industry that employs thousands of people.
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