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Power producers await clear message from Ontario on nuclear future
Toronto: A potential nuclear surge in Ontario’s electricity market is attracting interest from companies that deal in the controversial power source – as long as regulatory policies are clear and consistent.
Their interest was heightened by a report last week from a panel led by former deputy prime minister John Manley recommending that Ontario look to nuclear power to cope with a power shortage that looms as early as 2007.
Privatization's power
Governments that privatize electricity generators provide their citizens with cheaper, dependable power. Why is Ontario heading into darkness?
With bankruptcies and blackouts on Ontario’s electricity horizon, the Ontario government is poised to shelve plans to create a competitive market. Instead, it will remain with the monopoly system that has brought Ontarians some of the highest costs on the continent. To boot, it is likely to soon become one of the continent’s most unreliable power systems.
Province warned of power shortfall
Ontario faces a "severe potential shortfall" of electricity over the next 10 years unless measures are taken to boost supply and decrease demand, says the agency that keeps the power grid running.
And "the most pressing need" is in Greater Toronto, where power shortages loom because of plans to shut the coal-fired Lakeview generating station in Mississauga next year.
Blackout task force calls for stricter rules
North America needs strict standards for electrical reliability, backed up by stiff penalties for breaking them, says a U.S.-Canadian task force into a huge power blackout last August.
While those standards are largely in place in Ontario, the task force blames the utility industry as a whole for not setting tight, enforceable standards.
The task force released its final report yesterday, and pointed a finger once again at Ohio utility FirstEnergy Corp. for triggering the blackout that turned off the power to 50 million people on Aug. 14.
Ontario power to have prices regulated by government
Ontario Power Generation Inc., the province’s biggest producer of power, will have the price of its hydroelectric and nuclear energy regulated by the provincial government to reduce the volatility in consumers’ monthly bills.
Electricity from Ontario Power’s other energy sources as well power from other producers can be sold on the open market, Ontario Energy Minister Dwight Duncan said in a speech in Toronto.
Details lacking in Liberals' energy plans
The Ontario government says it has a plan to stabilize electricity prices for small consumers, but can’t say what the price will be or offer concrete plans on how to generate much-needed energy. Continue reading
New power caps ease taxpayers' burden
New power caps ease taxpayers’ burden by Colin Perkel, Canadian Press
New Niagara tunnel will boost hydro generation
A Niagara Falls generating project that will power the annual electricity needs of an estimated 160,000 Ontario homes has been given a green light by the province as it searches for new energy supply.
The Niagara Tunnel Project, expected to be completed by 2009 and to cost an estimated $600 million, will be one way to help the province deal with its electricity supply challenges, Energy Minister Dwight Duncan said in an interview from Niagara Falls.
Public consultation on Bill 100, the Electricity Restructuring Act
The fate of Ontario’s electricity sector is now being determined. The implications of this legislation for our environment and the economy are far-reaching and your participation in the consultation process is vital.
A scam revealed
(July 7, 2009) There have been comments recently, including in the comic strip “Pickles,” that newspapers are needed because they used to expose scandals. Today, scandals are more likely to be exposed on the Web by bloggers than in newspapers. Continue reading
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