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Parker Gallant: Hydro One, how’s that new billing system working out?
(January 24, 2014) In the spring of 2013, Hydro One launched their new “real time” billing system, allowing them to generate an additional $160 million (reported as an $80 annual cost for a consumer of 800 kWh per month) of … Continue reading
Parker Gallant and Scott Luft: Polar Vortex almost generates a profit for electricity exports from Ontario
(January 20, 2014) The first seven days of 2014 ended with an average market price higher than it had been in years. On January 2, prices were sent upwards when neighbouring Quebec appealed for conservation during a bitter cold which had driven demand to near record levels. Continue reading
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Parker Gallant: Toronto Hydro: Creative accounting baffles Toronto City Council and the OEB
(January 14, 2014) Recently I stumbled upon a 2003 Toronto Hydro bill in my effort to rid the office space of paper piles.
Parker Gallant: Hydro One and Premier Wynne: We’re from the government and we’re here to help
(January 8, 2014) Hydro One rates have increased again “less than a cup of Tim Horton’s coffee” — which amounts to a lot of coffee annually. Continue reading
Parker Gallant: Minister of Energy Bob Chiarelli; firmly in control of our hydro bills
(December 11, 2013) Ontario’s Minister of Energy, Bob Chiarelli, on November 27, 2013, launched a new website reputedly designed to provide the populus with “Energy Literacy”. Continue reading
Parker Gallant: OPG—whipping boy for the Ministry of Energy
(December 4, 2013) The Ontario Power Generation (OPG) announced its 3rd quarter results via a press release on November 14, 2013 and the media ignored it. It was full of bad news. Continue reading
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Parker Gallant: Thunder Bay, gored with the Wynne
(November 24, 2013) Seen by the Liberals and Environmental Defence (ED) as a breath taking moment for Ontario, the high priest of Global Warming, Al Gore arrived in Toronto to heap praise on the Premier and the Ontario Liberal Party at an event at MaRS Discovery District on November 21, 2013. Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Climate Change, Coal, Costs, Benefits and Risks, Electricity, Manitoba, Nuclear Power, Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Renewables, Utility Reform
Tagged Al Gore, Ontario, Ontario Liberals, Parker Gallant, Thunder Bay
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Parker Gallant: Pumped storage equals pumped energy prices
(November 18, 2013) As Hans and Franz of SNL fame used to say, “we want to pump you up,” and that appears to be what Northland Power Inc. want to do with a water-filled abandoned iron ore mine in Marmora, Ontario. Continue reading
Parker Gallant: Wynne Government picks ratepayers pockets for wind turbine developers
(November 16, 2013) While Premier Wynne was out jogging in the countryside – sans any turbines in the background – for the recently released Liberal promo, many of us ratepayers were having our pockets picked. Continue reading
Parker Gallant: Street Lighting and other Liberal “Revenue Tools”
(October 30, 2013) How “conservation” drives up your realty taxes. Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Costs, Benefits and Risks, Electricity, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Utility Reform
Tagged Electrical, Green Energy Act, Light-emitting diode, Ontario Energy Board, Parker Gallant, Street light
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