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Last call for AECL subsidies
(March 20, 2002) Should Canada continue to bankroll that perennial money loser, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited’s nuclear reactor sales program? Herb Dhaliwal, the new federal Minister of Natural Resources, will soon be putting that question before the federal Cabinet, along with two reviews designed to inform their opinion. Continue reading
Posted in Energy Probe News, Towards Shutdown
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Shame on the Globe and Mail
(March 18, 2002) Shame on the Globe and Mail for publishing disguised advocacy advertising in its six page “Special Supplement on Ontario’s New Electricity Market,” appearing in the Monday, March 11, 2002, issue. Continue reading
Posted in Power Generation in Ontario
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Casting Doubt and Undermining Action
(March 1, 2002) When the US withdrew from the Kyoto agreement on climate change in March 2001, the world was shocked. Kyoto represented the only mechanism obliging developed nations to reduce their greenhouse-gas emissions. White House spokesman Ari Fleischer told the press that: “The president has been unequivocal … He does not support the Kyoto treaty. It is not in the United States’ economic best interest.” Continue reading
Posted in The Deniers
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Proposed revisions to regulatory funding mechanisms
(February 28, 2002) The evolution of Ontario’s regulatory processes is resulting in a situation where the interests of some stakeholders may not be adequately repesented. It is necessary that a mechanism be put in place that will allow for the funding to be obtained during all aspects of each process. Continue reading
Energy Probe urges ammendments to Ontario Energy Board
(February 28, 2002) Energy Probe has reviewed the Board’s draft Rules of Practice and Procedure issued on February 6. The purposes of our submissions are four fold: to urge a comprehensive reassessment of the future of the adjudication functions of the Board, second to request a public process for the review of the draft Rules, third to recommend specific amendments to the draft Rules, and fourth to provide input to the Board on the future of the cost process. Continue reading
B.C. firm joins with ABB to develop wind farm
(February 20, 2002) Uniterre Resources Ltd., a small Vancouver energy company, signed on to a joint venture yesterday to develop what would be one of the world’s biggest wind power generating projects, in northern British Columbia. Continue reading
Posted in Renewables
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Regulatory power real issue in electricity deregulation
(February 14, 2002) Evidently looking to add some fizz to her fizzling campaign, Conservative Party leadership candidate Elizabeth Witmer this week promised “an immediate review” of Ontario’s decision to deregulate the electricity market in May. Continue reading
Ontarians face price shocks on hydro bills
(February 9, 2002) Ontario Premier Mike Harris told a Toronto press conference in December that he is “100 per cent convinced” that electricity deregulation will bring lower prices for Ontarians. Continue reading
Hydro prices are set to climb
(February 8, 2002) Greater Toronto residents can expect to pay an extra $6 to $7 a month for electricity starting March 1, according to rate applications filed yesterday by local hydro utilities. Continue reading
Don’t stop progress
(February 6, 2002) Stopping Ontario’s progress toward an open market for electricity as advocated by Mr. Hampton, Leader of the NDP, would be a foolhardy and dangerous step, Arthur Dickinson, president of the Association of Major Power Consumers in Ontario (AMPCO) said today. Continue reading
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