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Parker Gallant: WHO’s facts are right!

Posted on September 12, 2014 by parkergallant2013

(September 11, 2014) The World Health Organization (WHO) recently issued Fact Sheet No 266, “Climate change and health” and one of the facts they published was this one …

Posted in Benefits and Risks, Clean Coal, Climate Change, Costs, Electricity, Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Renewables, Utility Reform | Tagged Climate Change, electricity, electricity rates, energy, green energy, Ontario electricity, Parker Gallant, Renewable Energy, wind turbines | 4 Comments

Parker Gallant: Electricity in Ontario—Premier Wynne’s transparency is opaque

Posted on August 6, 2014 by parkergallant2013

(August 5, 2014) According to the 2012 Yearbook of Electricity Distributors on the OEB’s (Ontario Energy Board) website the total electricity purchased by local distribution companies (LDCs) in Ontario for 2012 was 125.3 terawatts (TWh).

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Parker Gallant: Wind turbines and solar panels bring Ontario energy poverty: Chapter 2

Posted on July 23, 2014 by parkergallant2013

The first Chapter on “energy poverty” introduced the reader to LIEN (Low-Income Energy Network) and APCH (A Place Called Home), of the City of Kawartha Lakes & Haliburton County. Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Costs, Benefits and Risks, Electricity, Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Renewables, Utility Reform | Tagged Climate Change, electricity, green energy, Ontario electricity, Ontario Power Authority, Parker Gallant, wind turbines | 4 Comments

Parker Gallant: Wind turbines and solar panels bring Ontario energy poverty: Chapter 1

Posted on July 23, 2014 by parkergallant2013

Green sustainable energy is working for Ontario making us all more prosperous.” There are a large number of people in Ontario who would disagree with that statement and they are reflected in the increasing number of people living in “energy poverty”. Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Energy, Climate Change, Costs, Benefits and Risks, Electricity, Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Renewables, The Deniers | Tagged Climate Change, electricity, energy, environment, green energy, Ontario electricity, Ontario Power Authority, Parker Gallant, Renewable Energy, subsidies | 7 Comments

Ontario’s HOEP should become HOPE and GAM become GAS

Posted on May 29, 2014 by parkergallant2013

(May 29, 2014) Those who pay attention to their electricity bills in Ontario will recognize the acronyms “HOEP” and “GAM” as two key components in the makeup of our electricity bills.

Posted in Alternative Energy, Conservation, Costs, Benefits and Risks, Electricity, Nuclear Power, Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Renewables | Tagged electricity, green energy, nuclear costs, Ontario electricity, Ontario Power Authority, Parker Gallant, Renewable Energy, subsidies, wind turbines | Leave a comment

Parker Gallant: Ontario Power Generation: then and now

Posted on March 12, 2014 by parkergallant2013

(March 12, 2014) Ontario Power Generation (OPG) on March 7, 2014, released its results for the year ended December 31, 2013, which claims they eked out an after tax profit of $135 million on gross revenue of $4.9 billion. Continue reading →

Posted in Electricity, Nuclear Power, Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Renewables | Tagged electricity, green energy, nuclear energy, Ontario electricity, Parker Gallant, renewables, wind power | 1 Comment

Parker Gallant: Biomass is carbon neutral, and the world is flat!

Posted on March 5, 2014 by parkergallant2013

(March 5, 2014) The largest coal generation plant in the UK is transforming itself by converting half of its coal burning generation units into biomass (wood pellets) by 2016.

Posted in Alternative Energy, Climate Change, Electricity, Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Renewables | Tagged Climate Change, CO2, environment, green energy, Ontario Power Authority, Parker Gallant, renewables | 14 Comments

Parker Gallant: Ontario’s Ministry of Energy “Achieving Balance” would be a surprise

Posted on February 19, 2014 by parkergallant2013

(February 18, 2014) As a part of the revised Long-Term Energy Plan (LTEP) announced by Minister of Energy, Bob Chiarelli, on December 2, 2013, his ministry released a myriad of other information perhaps meant to either confuse or dazzle the reader. Continue reading →

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Parker Gallant: Environmental Defence, hypocrites or hypochondriacs

Posted on February 12, 2014 by parkergallant2013

(February 11, 2014) Riddle me this! What do the Cement Association of Canada, United Steelworkers, Xerox and Middlefields Resource Funds (investors in oil and gas exploration and development) and Environmental Defence have in common?

Posted in Climate Change, Fossil Fuels, Oil, Pipelines, Renewables, Tar Sands | Tagged carbon tax, Climate Change, green energy, Oil, Parker Gallant | 2 Comments

Parker Gallant: Environmental Defence blame others for their CRA problems

Posted on February 9, 2014 by parkergallant2013

(February 9, 2014) The CBC in an news item February 6, 2014, announced that the Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA) had launched an “audit” of some of Canada’s well known environmental charities and included on that list was Environmental Defence (ED).